Patent ID: 7789924
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B60R,F02M

Abstract:
1. A filter system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the filter system comprising: a housing comprised of a filter element arranged inside the housing; an unfiltered air connector attached to the housing; a clean air connector attached to the housing; wherein the top housing part has a support grate embedded in foam material; wherein the support grate and the foam material are configured such that compression of said housing by bending of the top housing part in a direction of the bottom housing part is ensured when engine hood deforms against said top housing part under an impact load; wherein the housing comprises a support frame that extends along a joint between the top housing part and the bottom housing part; wherein the support frame has a wave-shaped structure; and wherein the wave-shaped structure extends such that wave troughs are proximal to the joining plane between the top housing part and the bottom housing part and wave peaks are remote from the joining plane between the top housing part and the bottom housing part.