Patent ID: 6866694

Claim:
Air filter unit for a vehicle with an internal-combustion engine, comprising an air filter and a hollow case containing and holding the air filter in position, wherein said case ( 3 ) comprises, on one hand, a lower part ( 4 ) forming an open receptacle for said filter ( 2 ) and made up of at least two elementary parts ( 4 ′, 4 ″) assembled at complementary formations of their edges ( 5 , 5 ′) put in contact and, on the other hand, an upper part ( 6 ) forming a cover and closing an upper opening ( 7 ) of the lower part ( 4 ), said upper part ( 6 ) and lower part ( 4 ) being assembled, with insertion of a seal or packing ( 22 ), at a lower peripheral edge ( 8 ) of said upper part ( 6 ) and at a peripheral edge ( 9 , 9 ′) of the opening ( 7 ) of the lower part ( 4 ), the lower part ( 4 ) being composed of two half-casings ( 4 ′ and 4 ″) cooperating to form said lower part ( 4 ) and assembled by mutual peripheral nesting, in a joint plane, of formations with substantially complementary profiles of their respective edges ( 5 , 5 ′) in contact.