Patent ID: 6521008
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
In an air filter for filtering the intake air for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, with a filter housing (10), which has an air inlet (11) connected to an intake fitting (14) and an air outlet (12) that can be connected to an intake tube of the engine, and at least one water outlet (18) disposed in the housing bottom (101), and with a replaceable filter matte (13) disposed in the filter housing (10) between the air intake (11) and air outlet (12), the improvement wherein a water separator (19) is disposed upstream of the filter matte (13) in the filter housing (10) and means are provided in the at least one water outlet (18), which produce a water level (23) in the water outlet (18) of such a height that the vacuum in the filter housing (10) acting on the water outlet (18) is compensated for.