Patent ID: 9212635
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A filter device for gases, comprising: a housing having at least one first housing part and a second housing part configured to axially abut each other in a flange region, a plate-shaped filter element having a circumferential seal arranged in the flange region, wherein the first housing part has two mutually opposite radial bearing faces in the flange region, and wherein the seal has two radial sealing faces facing away from each other separated by a circumferential slot region defined between radially opposite slot walls and being open towards the second housing part, the slot region delimiting an axial space from the second housing part extending around the seal in a circumferential direction, wherein the slot region includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial webs supported by the opposite slot walls, the plurality of radial webs occupying at least partially the axial space, and wherein each sealing face bears flat against a respective one of the bearing faces.