Patent ID: 8480892

Claim:
An exchangeable filter insert for an oil filter or oil separator, comprising: a filter body ( 1 ) having a hollow interior ( 21 ), said filter body radially separating a crude side ( 20 ) from a clean side ( 21 ); a circumferentially extending, planar support disk ( 7 ) secured to an axial end face ( 13 ) of the filter body ( 1 ); a profiled seal ( 6 ) extending circumferentially around and on an outer rim ( 8 ) of the support disk ( 7 ), the seal ( 6 ) captively secured on the support disk ( 7 ); wherein the seal ( 6 ) extends radially outwardly from the planar support disk ( 7 ) and radially beyond the filter body; wherein the seal ( 6 ) is captively secured and molded onto the radial outer rim ( 8 ) of the planar support disk ( 7 ); wherein the seal ( 6 ) is U-shaped, extending over the outer rim ( 8 ) and onto axially opposing sides of the support disk ( 7 ); wherein the support disk ( 7 ) has plurality of openings ( 23 ) extending axially through the support disk ( 7 ) and arranged radially outwards beyond the radial outside of the filter body ( 1 ), the openings ( 23 ) permitting flow through the support disk ( 7 ) from the crude side ( 20 ) to the clean side ( 21 ); wherein the support disk ( 7 ) in the area of its outer rim ( 8 ) has penetrations ( 9 ) which are penetrated by the molded material of the seal ( 6 ); wherein the support disk ( 7 ) has a bypass opening in communication with the hollow interior ( 21 ), the support disk ( 7 ) at the axial side facing the hollow interior, the bypass opening forming a valve seat configured to be closed on the hollow interior side by a bypass valve ( 30 ).