Patent ID: 8591621

Claim:
A filter system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a filter element having an axis of elongation, said filter element including a filter medium folded in a star shape and has a coaxial shape; at least one sealing end member of an elastic potting compound arranged at an end face of said filter medium; and at least one part of a support body embedded into said potting compound of said at least one sealing member; said support body; wherein said support body includes a radial inner ring; an outer ring coaxial with said inner ring of said support body; a plurality of spaced-apart ribs that extend between and connect to said coaxial outer and inner rings of said support body at a rim end of said support body; wherein said embedded part of said support body extends across said folds at said end face of said filter medium; wherein spacing between said ribs is open and flowed through by said potting compound embedding said ribs in said sealing end member potting compound providing a seal-tight connection of said support body on said end face of said filter medium; wherein said outer ring forms a hollow cylinder extending axially away from said ribs, extending over a portion of a radial exterior of said filter medium, said hollow cylinder having a circumferential wall engaging said filter medium from a radial exterior of filter medium.