Patent ID: 8512563

Claim:
A filter housing pot for receiving a filter element in a filter device, comprising: a filter housing including said housing pot including a chamber within to receive said filter element; a housing bottom secured to and closing over an end of said housing pot, said housing bottom including a cutout extending through said housing bottom from an interior of said filter housing to an exterior, said cutout delimited by a form-fit edge; a discharge device inserted into said cutout and secured to said housing bottom, said discharge device including a bushing including; a first axial end face; an opposing second axial end face; a central bore having a first diameter, said central bore extending through said first axial end face of said bushing; and a form-fit element as an axially projecting deformable cylindrical collar arranged at said second axial end face of said bushing, said axial projecting cylindrical collar secured on said second axial end face and projecting axially outwardly from said bushing; wherein said deformable cylindrical collar has a bore diameter greater than said first diameter; a radially outward extending shoulder arranged on a radial exterior of said bushing at a position radially over said first diameter central bore and projecting in a radial direction outwardly from said bushing; wherein said form-fit element is one-piece unitary with said bushing; and wherein said form-fit element of said bushing is deformed after said insertion into said cutout to mountably engage with said form-fit edge of said cutout, said mountable engagement securing said bushing to said housing bottom.