Patent ID: 9162168
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A filter device, comprising: a filter housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a water collecting space and an element retainer; at least one filter element in said filter housing, said filter element having a filter medium surrounding an inner filter cavity and having an unfiltered side and a filtered side, said filter element having an end cap with a passage forming a fluid connection to said inner cavity, said end cap being releasably securable on said element retainer; a water separation device with a separating region for separated water in said filter housing; and a fluid conducting device having first and second fluid paths therein separated from one another, said first fluid path connecting said fluid inlet to said unfiltered side of said filter element, said second fluid path connecting a water passage connected to said separating region to said water collecting space, said fluid connecting device including an adapter part providing a connecting part securing said filter element via said end cap thereof on said element retainer, said adapter part having an inner pipe extending concentrically within a sleeve body at a distance from an inside wall of said sleeve body providing a space between said inner pipe and said sleeve body forming an open water channel on an outside of said inner pipe to form part of said second path.