Patent ID: 8505286

Claim:
Decoupling element ( 1 , 11 ) for use with exhaust-gas systems, comprising an at least partially corrugated bellows ( 3 , 13 ) having at least two ends that include an inlet (E) and an outlet (A) for a flow (S) of exhaust gas through the decoupling element ( 1 , 11 ), and a filter element ( 12 ′) for filtering the exhaust-gas flow (S) is arranged at least partially in an interior (I) of the decoupling element ( 1 , 11 ), the filter element ( 12 ′) has a construction that is at least one of self-supporting, without carrier bodies or without support bodies, the filter element ( 12 ′) is constructed and arranged in the decoupling element ( 1 , 11 ) to allow throughflow of the exhaust-gas flow (S) in a radial direction and in an axial direction, the filter element has a filter tip ( 121 ) which is turned to face the inlet (E); and the filter element ( 12 ′) has a bag-shaped construction with an annular base and a bag-shaped body that tapers from the annular base to a linear end that forms the filter tip ( 121 ).