Filter device, in particular liquid filter

Abstract

A filter device includes in a filter housing a hollow cylindrical filter element having frontal end plates. A port having a first sealing element is incorporated into a cover the filter housing, said sealing element being arranged coaxially relative to a second sealing element in a flow opening in the end plate.

Claims

1. A filter system, comprising: An exchangeable filter device for filtering as a fluid, comprising: a filter housing that is pot shaped; a cover arranged on and closing over an open end of the filter housing; a hollow cylindrical filter element arranged in an interior of the filter housing, the filter element including: a filter medium for filtering the fluid; end disks arranged on opposing axial ends of the filter medium; wherein a first end disk of the end disks has a flow opening extending through the first end disk into an interior of the hollow cylindrical filter element; wherein the cover has a flow opening aligned axially with the flow opening of the first end disk; a dual channel connector receiver for engaging a dual channel pipe member, to supply fluid to and for conveying fluid away from the filter device, the dual channel connector receiver comprising: an annular cylindrical projection formed on the cover at an outer circumference of the flow opening of the cover and surrounding the flow opening of the cover, the annular cylindrical projection projecting axially outwardly away from the cover; a first annular seal element arranged on a radially outer side of the annular cylindrical projection; a second annular sealing element arranged on the first end disk, and circumferentially surrounding the flow opening of the first end disk; a dual channel pipe member configured to engage into the dual channel connector receiver, the dual channel pipe member including: a tubular discharge connector formed as a tubular discharge pipe enclosing a discharge channel of the dual channel pipe member; a tubular supply connector formed an annular tubular member circumferentially surrounding the tubular discharge pipe and arranged concentrically to the tubular discharge pipe, the tubular supply connector formed in one piece with the tubular discharge connector, an annular gap between the tubular discharge pipe and the tubular supply connector forming an annular supply channel of the dual channel pipe member; wherein the tubular supply connector seals to the annular cylindrical projection of the cover by the first annular seal element; wherein the tubular discharge connector and the tubular supply connector are arranged coaxially to one another and configured to insert into the dual channel connector, the tubular discharge connector is received through the flow opening of the first end disk and sealed to the first end disk by the second annular sealing element.

2. The filter system according to claim 1, wherein the first end disk includes an annular centering element projecting axially outwardly from the first end disk and surrounding the flow opening of the first end disk.

3. The filter system according to claim 1, wherein the annular cylindrical projection projects axially outwardly from the cover to an axial outer end arranged outwardly beyond the filter housing and the cover.

4. The filter system according to claim 3, wherein the axial outer end of the annular cylindrical projection is bent radially inwardly, forming a radially inward projecting flange projecting into an interior of the annular cylindrical projection.

5. The filter system according to claim 3, further comprising: a radially outward extending collar arranged on the axially outer end of the annular projection, the radially outward extending collar projecting radially outwardly away from the axially outer end if the annular projection.

6. The filter system according to claim 2, wherein the axial outer end of the annular cylindrical projection is bent radially inwardly, forming a radially inward projecting flange projecting into an interior of the annular cylindrical projection; wherein the annular centering element of the first end disk projects into the interior of the annular cylindrical projection of the cover, an axially outer end of the annular centering element spaced away from the radially inward projecting flange, the spacing forming an annular sealing pocket arranged between and axially delimited by the radially inward projecting flange and the annular centering element.

7. The filter system according to claim 6, wherein the first annular sealing element is held in the annular sealing pocket by contacting against the radially inward projecting flange and the axially outer end of the annular centering element.

8. The filter system according to claim 1, wherein the dual channel pipe member further comprises either: at least one non-return valve integrated into the dual channel pipe member, or a pressure control valve integrated into a return channel.

9. The filter system according to claim 1, wherein the first and second annular sealing elements are arranged axially offset to one another and axially spaced away from one another.

10. The filter system according to claim 1, wherein the flow opening in the first end disk forms a filtered side connector for conveying fluid away from the filter device.

11. The filter system according to claim 5, wherein the radially outward extending collar forms an axial stop engaging the dual channel pipe member onto the dual channel connector receiver of the cover.

12. The filter system according to claim 1, wherein the tubular supply connector has a connecting segment forming an annular wall surrounding an outer wall of the tubular supply connector, the connecting segment having a positive fit pocket to receiving and engaging a latch of the dual channel connector receiver.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Additional advantages and useful embodiments may be found in the other claims, the description of the figures, and the drawings.

[0026] FIG. 1 depicts a fluid filter having an annular or hollow cylindrical filter element in a filter housing, on which a cover is placed and on which a pipe connecting piece is retained in a positive fit;

[0027] FIG. 2 depicts an enlarged detail from the area of the positive fit attachment of the pipe connecting piece to the cover;

[0028] FIG. 3 depicts cover and pipe connecting piece, detached;

[0029] FIG. 4 depicts, in a variant, a connection between pipe connecting piece and cover;

[0030] FIG. 5 depicts, in another variant, a pipe connecting piece in a positive fit connection with the cover;

[0031] FIGS. 6, 7 depict other variants of pipe connecting piece and cover, FIG. 7 illustrating an enlarged detail from FIG. 6;

[0032] FIG. 8 depicts another variant of pipe connecting piece and cover;

[0033] FIG. 9 depicts a fluid filter with integrated pressure control valve in the pipe connecting piece;

[0034] FIG. 10 depicts a fluid filter with integrated non-return valves in the pipe connecting piece, in which pipe connecting piece a supply channel and a discharge channel are arranged coaxially;

[0035] FIG. 11 depicts a fluid filter with integrated air vent screw in the pipe connector part;

[0036] FIGS. 12 through 14 depict various views of a fluid filter having two separately embodied pipe connecting pieces for the supply and the discharge of the fluid.

[0037] In the drawings, like components are assigned like reference signs.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] Each of the figures depicts a filter device 1 that is embodied as a fluid filter for filtering fuel, for instance diesel fuel. In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 through 3, the filter device 1 has a pot-shaped filter housing 2 that is for receiving an annular or hollow cylindrical filter element 3 and through which the fluid to be filtered flows radially from the outside to the inside. The interior 4 in the filter element 3 consequently forms the filtered side, the radially outwardly disposed surface forms the unfiltered side on the filter element. The axial end faces of the filter element 3 are closed by end disks 5 and 6. Adjacent to the upper end disk 5, which has a central flow opening, a pipe connecting piece 7 having a supply channel 8 for supplying unfiltered fluid and a discharge channel 9 for conveying away filtered fluid may be attached to the filter device 1. The pipe connecting piece 7 may be attached to a cover 10, which is placed onto the open side of the pot-shaped filter housing 2. The cover 10 is securely connected to the filter housing.

[0039] The discharge channel 9 of the pipe connecting piece 7 projects into the central flow opening in the end disk 5 on the filter element 3 and communicates with the interior 4, in which the filtered fluid collects. The filtered fluid is thus conveyed out of the interior 4 via the central flow opening in the end disk 5 and via the discharge channel 9 in the pipe connecting piece 7.

[0040] The pipe connecting piece 7 is embodied as a dual connector having a common housing for the supply channel 8 and the discharge channel 9. Supply channel 8 and discharge channel 9 are arranged concentric to one another, wherein the supply channel 8 has a larger diameter than the discharge channel 9 and surrounds the latter. The channels 8, 9 are connected to tubes for supplying and conveying away the fluid via connecting elements 8a and 9a.

[0041] The unfiltered fluid is supplied via the connecting element 8a and the supply channel 8 to the radially outwardly disposed surface of the filter element 3, through which fluid to be filtered flows radially from the outside to the inside. As described in the foregoing, the fluid is conveyed away from the interior 4 axially via the discharge channel 9 and the connecting element 9a and further via the connected tube.

[0042] The pipe connecting piece 7 is embodied separately from the filter device 1 and is retained on the cover 10 in a positive fit. The positive fit is effected in the direction of the longitudinal filter axis 11 via a curved collar 12 (FIGS. 2, 3), which is embodied separately from the cover 10 but is connected to the cover 10. Added to the cover 10 is a central opening for receiving the pipe connecting piece 7, wherein a radially inwardly curved delimiting segment 13 is molded on the wall delimiting the central opening on the cover 10 and bears the collar 12 that extends radially outward. The collar 12 may be attached by beading the delimiting segment 13 on cover 10.

[0043] A connecting segment 14 is embodied integrally with the housing of the pipe connecting piece 7 and houses a positive fit pocket 15, the connecting segment 14 axially surrounding the radially outwardly oriented collar 12. In order to produce an axially positive fit connection between the pipe connecting piece 7 and the cover 10, a latch 16 is inserted into the positive fit pocket 15 in the connecting segment 14 and engages the radially outwardly oriented segment of the collar 12 according to FIG. 2. At the same time, the latch 16 is retained by the U shaped walls of the connecting segment 14. The latch 16 is embodied, for instance, in a U shape and is inserted via transversely extending recesses in the wall of the connecting segment 14 until it reaches the axially positive fit position. Then the pipe connecting piece 7 is retained on the cover 10 axially in a positive fit.

[0044] The radially inwardly oriented delimiting segment 13 on the cover 10 also delimits a sealing pocket 17 into which a sealing ring 18 retained on the cover 10 is inserted. In the opposing direction, the sealing ring 18 is axially supported by a centering element 19 that is arranged on the end disk 5 and into which the pipe connecting piece 7 may be inserted. The sealing pocket 17 is disposed axially at about the same height as the positive fit pocket 15, but offset radially inwardly relative to the positive fit pocket 15.

[0045] Another sealing element 20 is disposed on the central flow opening that is added to the end disk 5, the discharge channel 9 being positioned against the annular sealing element 20.

[0046] In FIG. 4, the axial positive fit connection between the pipe connecting piece 7 and the cover 10 is the same as in the first exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 through 3. However, in FIG. 4 the centering element 19, which is embodied integrally with the end disk 5, is embodied positioned directly against the outer wall of the discharge channel 9, while in FIGS. 1 through 3 the centering element is arranged spaced radially apart from the discharge channel 9. The axial support of the sealing ring 18 in the sealing pocket is provided via a support element that is also advantageously embodied integrally with the end disk 5 or is arranged at the end disk 5.

[0047] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 5, the collar 12 is embodied integrally with the cover 10. The collar 12 forms the radially outwardly curved end segment of the cover 10 in the area of the wall delimiting the central opening.

[0048] Added to the housing of the pipe connecting piece 7, in the area of the connecting segment 14, is a transversely extending opening into which is inserted a rectangularly embodied latch 16 gripped by the collar 12. This results in an axial positive fit connection between the pipe connecting piece 7 and the cover 10.

[0049] The axially extending wall of the cover 10, which wall delimits the central opening, forms a support for the sealing ring 18 radially outward.

[0050] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 6 and 7, the collar 12 is embodied separately from the cover 10 and is joined to the cover 10 in a suitable manner, for instance by soldering. On its end facing the cover 10, the collar 12 has a radially outwardly curved segment that, when mounted, engages the transversely inserted rectangular latch 16.

[0051] The sealing pocket 17 for receiving the sealing ring 18 is engaged by a delimiting part 21 that is embodied integrally with the cover and forms the radially inwardly curved end segment in the area of the central opening in the cover. The delimiting part 21 is disposed offset radially inwardly relative to the collar 12. The sealing ring 18 is delimited radially outwardly by a wall 22 that is embodied integrally with the connecting segment 14 on the pipe connecting piece 7.

[0052] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 8, the collar 12 is oriented radially outward and is embodied integrally with a positive fit component 23 that is embodied separately from the cover 10, but is securely connected thereto. The positive fit component 23 with the radially outwardly oriented collar 12 for securing the inserted latch 16 and the connecting segment 14 in a positive fit delimits, radially inwardly, a sealing pocket for receiving the sealing ring 18.

[0053] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 9, the positive fit connection between the pipe connecting piece 7 and the cover 10 is embodied as in the first exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 through 3. The pipe connecting piece 7 is also embodied as described in the foregoing as a dual connector with integrated supply channel 8 and discharge channel 9. In addition, the pipe connecting piece 7 is fitted with a pressure control valve 24 that keeps the system fuel pressure upstream of the injection valves at a constant value relative to the intake pressure (fuel differential pressure). Because of this, the injection quantity is dependent only on the actuation period for the injection valves and is reproducible under all operating conditions for the actuation period. Consequently the same quantity of fuel is injected per unit of time at all pressures.

[0054] The pressure control valve 24 is a bypass valve that releases, via a spring-loaded diaphragm, a return channel 26 for the fuel for refueling when the set pressure is exceeded. The pressure control valve 24 has a negative pressure line to the intake (intake connector 25) so that the absolute fuel pressure may be altered proportionate to the intake pressure.

[0055] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 10, non-return valves 27 and 28 are integrated in the supply channel 8 and discharge channel 9. The non-return valve 27 in the supply channel 8 is disposed in the area of the connecting element 8a, while the non-return valve 28 in the supply channel 9 is positioned directly at the end projecting into the interior of the filter element 3. The non-return valves 27, 28 open in the direction of the regular flow direction of the supply or discharge of unfiltered or filtered fluid and close in the opposing direction.

[0056] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 11, the pipe connecting piece 7 is fitted with an air vent screw 29 that is arranged in the area of the discharge channel 9.

[0057] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 12 through 14, two separately embodied pipe connecting pieces 7a and 7b are provided that are both retained on the cover 10 in a positive fit. The first pipe connecting piece 7a has the supply channel 8, the second pipe connecting piece 7b has the discharge channel 9.

[0058] The pipe connector pieces 7a and 7b are arranged parallel to one another and are both retained on the cover 10 in the same manner in a positive fit. The pipe connecting piece 7b with the discharge channel 9 is arranged centrically, the pipe connecting piece 7a with the supply channel 8 is parallel and offset thereto. Two offset recesses, each for receiving a pipe connecting piece 7a or 7b, are correspondingly arranged offset in the cover 10.

[0059] The positive fit connection is effected in each case using the connecting segment 14 on the pipe connecting piece, to which a lateral opening is added for inserting the rectangular latch 16. When inserted, the latch 16 engages with the collar 12 (FIGS. 13, 14), which is embodied separately from the cover 10 but is joined to the cover 10 using beading.