Patent ID: 8518139

Claim:
An filter device for filtration of gaseous fluids, comprising: a filter housing including a first housing part; a second housing part, wherein said first and second housing parts are detachably mounted together defining a filter receptacle chamber therein; a filter insert part removeably inserted into and enclosed within said filter receptacle chamber of said filter housing, said filter insert part including a filter medium including a clean side; and a dirty side, wherein gaseous fluid flow through said filter medium from said dirty side to said clean side in a flow direction; a sealing element arranged on and connected to said filter medium, said sealing element including: a horizontal leg having a first end connected to said first filter medium and extending radially outwardly from said filter medium in a traverse direction relative to said flow direction to a sealing leg; said sealing leg arranged at and having a first end connected to an said horizontal leg and extending in said flow direction away from said horizontal leg to an opposing end; wherein said second housing part has a U-shaped pocket opening towards said first housing part, said U-shaped pocket including: a bottom wall; an outer wall extending from said bottom wall of said U-shaped pocket towards said open end and terminating at a free end face proximate to said first housing part; an inner wall extending from a said bottom wall of said U-shaped pocket towards said open end and terminating at an upper terminal edge; wherein said sealing leg projects into said U-shaped pocket, wherein said first housing part includes a housing projection that projects into said U-shaped pocket, wherein said housing projection rests immediately on an a facing outer side surface of said sealing leg forming a common contact surface where said housing projection and said sealing leg contact, wherein said first housing part includes a housing leg projecting outwardly away from the housing projection, said housing leg resting against said free end face, wherein in the inserted state both said sealing element and said first housing part sealably abut against each other and seal along said common contact surface, a sealing web arranged between said sealing element and said first housing part, said sealing web including a first end abutting and sealing against an interior surface of said first housing part; an opposing second end abutting and sealing against said sealing element; wherein relative to said flow direction, said common contact surface is positioned nearer to said clean side of said filter medium than to said dirty side of said filter medium.