Patent ID: 8506663

Claim:
A filter element for filtering exhaust gases of a diesel engine, the filter element having a longitudinal axis running parallel to a main flow direction of the exhaust gas, a plurality of channels including a plurality of inlet channels running parallel to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of outlet channels running parallel to the longitudinal axis, the inlet channels starting at an inlet face of the filter element and being closed at an outlet face of the filter element, and the outlet channels being closed at the inlet face and ending at the outlet face, the filter element further having blind channels formed integrally with the filter element and situated outside on the filter element, the blind channels being closed at both ends and running parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein radial walls between at least one of two adjacent channels and blind channels are offset with respect to each other; and wherein the filter element is configured to be gas-tightly connected to an inner surface of a housing.