U.S. patent application number 16/820846 was filed with the patent office on 2020-09-10 for filter device, in particular liquid filter.
The applicant listed for this patent is MANN+HUMMEL GmbH. Invention is credited to Robert Hasenfratz, Frank Pflueger, Andre Roesgen, Dieter Schreckenberger, Christian Thalmann, Fabian Wagner.
Application Number | 20200282342 16/820846 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000004845362 |
Filed Date | 2020-09-10 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20200282342 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Schreckenberger; Dieter ; et
al. |
September 10, 2020 |
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.
Inventors: |
Schreckenberger; Dieter;
(Erdmannhausen, DE) ; Thalmann; Christian;
(Speyer, DE) ; Hasenfratz; Robert; (Schwaebisch
Hall, DE) ; Wagner; Fabian; (Moeglingen, DE) ;
Pflueger; Frank; (Sachsenheim, DE) ; Roesgen;
Andre; (Remshalden, DE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
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MANN+HUMMEL GmbH |
Ludwigsburg |
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DE |
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Family ID: |
1000004845362 |
Appl. No.: |
16/820846 |
Filed: |
March 17, 2020 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
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15390665 |
Dec 26, 2016 |
10610810 |
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16820846 |
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PCT/EP2015/064047 |
Jun 23, 2015 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F02M 37/22 20130101;
B01D 36/001 20130101; B01D 27/106 20130101; B01D 27/08 20130101;
B01D 2201/347 20130101; B01D 2201/4015 20130101; B01D 35/005
20130101 |
International
Class: |
B01D 27/10 20060101
B01D027/10; B01D 36/00 20060101 B01D036/00; B01D 27/08 20060101
B01D027/08; B01D 35/00 20060101 B01D035/00 |
Foreign Application Data
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Code |
Application Number |
Jun 27, 2014 |
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102014009327.1 |
Jun 27, 2014 |
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102014009330.1 |
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
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Divisional application of U.S.
application Ser. No. 15/390,665 having a filing date of 26 Dec.
2016, which is a Continatuion of international application No.
PCT/EP2015/064047 having an international filing date of 23 Jun.
2015 and designating the United States, the international
application claiming a priority date of 27 Jun. 2014 based on prior
filed German patent application No. 102014009330.1, and claiming a
priority date of 27 Jun. 2014 based on prior filed German patent
application No. 102014009327.1, the entire contents of the
aforesaid US applicant, the aforesaid international application and
the aforesaid German patent applications being incorporated herein
by reference to the fullest extent permitted by the law.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The invention relates to a filter device, especially a fluid
filter.
BACKGROUND
[0003] EP 2 110 539 A2 describes a filter device for diesel fuel,
which device has a ring-shaped filter element in a pot-shaped
filter housing, the fuel to be filtered flowing through the filter
element radially from the outside to the inside. The filter element
has an end disc on each of its axial end faces. The unfiltered fuel
is supplied in the region of a first axial end face via a heating
module that is flange-mounted to a cover of the filter housing and
is retained using a connector. Inserted in the heating module is a
feed pipe for connecting to a fuel line, the fuel being conducted
on the opposing side of the heating module via another pipe to the
radially outwardly disposed unfiltered side of the filter element.
A central fitting on the heating module projects into the clean
area through an opening in the end disk; the central fitting is
part of a pressure gauge device via which it is possible to measure
the differential pressure between the unfiltered side and the
filtered side. The filtered fluid is conducted away via the end
disk of the filter element axially opposing the heating module.
SUMMARY
[0004] The underlying object of the invention is to create, in a
simple and compact design, a filter device that may be attached to
a pipe connecting piece.
[0005] The inventive filter device or cartridge is preferably used
for filtering fluids, especially for filtering fuel such as, for
instance, diesel fuel. In principle, however, it may also be used
for filtering gaseous fluids.
[0006] In a filter housing the filter device has a hollow
cylindrical or annular filter element through which the fluid to be
filtered flows radially from the outside to the inside. At each of
its two axial end faces the filter element has an end disk, a flow
opening for the fluid being added to at least one end disk. When
the flow direction is radially from outside to inside, the interior
forms the filtered side via which the filtered fluid may be
conducted away axially via the flow opening in the end disk.
[0007] Placed onto the filter housing is a cover to which is added
a connector for supplying and conveying off the fluid conducted
through the filter element. The connector is embodied as an opening
in the cover into which a first sealing element is inserted. The
cover advantageously has only exactly one connector in the form of
the opening into which a pipe connecting piece having a coaxially
arranged supply channel and discharge channel may be inserted. In
addition to the connector in the cover, into which a first sealing
element is inserted, the filter device has a second sealing element
in the flow opening that is inserted into the end disk. The first
sealing element and the second sealing element advantageously each
seal in the radial direction, especially radially inward.
[0008] In one preferred embodiment, cover and filter housing are
permanently joined to one another, for instance by welding,
soldering, beading, or gluing. Thus a disposable filter that is
simple to exchange is embodied that may in particular be connected
to a filter head or an inventive pipe connecting piece.
[0009] This embodiment makes it possible in a simple manner to
connect the filter device to a single pipe connecting piece, via
which unfiltered fluid is supplied and filtered fluid is conveyed
away. The pipe connecting piece is embodied separately from the
filter device and is connected to the filter device via the
connector in the cover. The connector in the cover with the first
sealing element and the flow opening in the end disk with the
second sealing element are arranged coaxially to one another; this
coaxial positioning corresponds to the coaxial arrangement of
supply channel and discharge channel in the pipe connecting
piece.
[0010] The filter device with filter housing, filter element, and
cover, including the sealing elements in the cover or in the flow
opening in the end disk, may be designed as exchange part due to
the separate embodiment of filter device and pipe connecting piece.
This makes it possible, for instance for maintenance purposes, to
exchange the filter device in that only the pipe connecting piece
is detached from the filter device and then a new filter device,
with which the pipe connecting piece can be reconnected, is used.
For instance, when embodied as fuel filter, the latter may be
replaced simply and manually using a new fuel filter. In contrast,
the pipe connecting piece, which is embodied separately from the
filter device, may be retained during an exchange of the filter
device.
[0011] The filter device and the pipe connecting piece combined
form a filter system for the filtration, including the supply and
conveying away, of a fluid. Fluid hoses or lines may be attached to
the pipe connecting piece.
[0012] According to one advantageous embodiment, the opening in the
cover and the flow opening in the facing end disk of the filter
element have different diameters; the sealing elements inserted
into the opening and into the flow opening correspondingly also
have a different size diameter. The openings are disposed coaxial
to one another, which permits the use of a pipe connecting piece
having a correspondingly coaxially arranged supply channel and
discharge channel, the diameters of which are adapted to the
diameter of the opening in the cover and in the end disk.
[0013] According to another advantageous embodiment, the opening in
the cover with the first sealing element and the flow opening in
the end disk with the second sealing element are arranged axially
offset to one another. Consequently the supply channel and
discharge channel in the pipe connecting piece also terminate at
axially different heights in that, for instance, the discharge
channel is longer than the supply channel and projects into the
flow opening in the end disk, while the supply channel of the pipe
connecting piece, via which unfiltered fluid is supplied, projects
into the opening in the cover and is positioned against the sealing
element in the cover. Like this opening, the sealing element in the
cover advantageously also has a larger diameter than the sealing
element or flow opening in the end disk. Due to the coaxial
arrangement of supply channel and discharge channel in the pipe
connecting piece, both channels may be used together in the larger
opening in the cover. However, since the channel with the larger
diameter is embodied shorter than the channel with the smaller
diameter, separation of filtered and unfiltered fluid is
possible.
[0014] It may be useful to integrate into the pipe connecting piece
a non-return valve that prevents undesired outflow of fluid that is
still in the pipe connecting piece when the pipe connecting piece
detaches from the filter device. The non-return valve is for
instance arranged in the supply channel and prevents uncontrolled
discharge of unfiltered fluid when the pipe connecting piece
detaches from the filter device.
[0015] Moreover, it may be useful to attach the pipe connecting
piece to the cover in a positive fit. For this, the cover or a
component joined to the cover has a radially oriented
collar--relative to the longitudinal filter axis--that, when
mounted, forms an axial stop for the pipe connecting piece. This
positive fit securing and retention of the pipe connecting piece on
the cover represents an easy-to-assemble, easy-to-produce
connection that can be released easily to exchange the filter
device and to connect a new filter device to the existing pipe
connecting piece. The positive fit is axial, and the pipe
connecting piece is mounted axially on the filter device.
[0016] Embodiments having a radially inwardly oriented and a
radially outwardly oriented collar on the cover may both be
considered. What is essential is that a dedicated connection
segment axially engages the collar at the pipe connecting piece.
For assembly, pipe connecting piece and filter device are moved
axially towards one another until the connection segment axially
engages the collar in the desired manner, whereupon the positive
fit is produced using a radial adjusting motion between pipe
connecting piece and filter device, that is, transverse to the
longitudinal filter axis.
[0017] According to a preferred embodiment, however, it is also
possible to produce the positive fit between pipe connecting piece
and collar on the cover of the filter device using a latch that may
be inserted into a positive fit pocket on the connection segment,
which positive fit pocket is arranged between the radially oriented
collar and the connection segment on the pipe connecting piece. The
insertion direction for the latch is especially transverse to the
longitudinal filter axis, that is, radial, as well. The latch in
the positive fit pocket is disposed axially between the collar and
a component on the connection segment of the pipe connecting piece
and prevents axial removal between pipe connecting piece and filter
device, so that the pipe connecting piece is secured to the filter
device in a positive fit.
[0018] The latch is embodied, for instance, in a U shape and is
inserted radially into its locking position through a recess in the
wall of the connection segment delimiting the positive fit pocket,
in which position axial detachment of the pipe connecting piece
from the cover is prevented. However, also possible is a
rectangular embodiment of the latch, which is also inserted
radially into a recess in the wall of the positive fit pocket and
projects into the positive fit pocket.
[0019] The collar is either embodied integrally with the cover or
separately therefrom, but is preferably joined to the cover such
that it cannot be lost or detached, for instance by welding,
soldering, beading, or gluing. The cover comprises metal, for
instance; the collar may also be embodied as metal component. In a
different embodiment, the collar is joined to the cover using
beading, for instance, or is soldered to the cover. When cover and
collar are embodied integrally, latter is produced by master
forming or radially bending an axial segment of the cover.
[0020] According to another useful embodiment, especially radially
offset to the positive fit pocket the filter device has a sealing
pocket that receives a sealing element on the cover. The sealing
pocket is axially delimited by the collar or a cover segment and
hereby axially secures the inserted sealing element in a positive
fit. The sealing element may be embodied as a sealing ring that is
retained on the cover, for instance that is placed onto a fitting
on the cover. The sealing element separates the unfiltered side
from the filtered side of the filter element.
[0021] According to another useful embodiment, the collar is spaced
apart from the cover on the outside of the latter. This may be
realized in that provided on the cover is a pipe-shaped, especially
flow-guiding, projection, and on its end spaced apart from the
cover the collar is arranged. Spaced apart from the cover shall be
construed to mean that the cover has a cover surface that closes
the housing and from which the collar, which may certainly also be
a part of the cover, is spaced. Due to this, further preferably an
especially radially outwardly open annular engagement area for a
latch may be formed between cover and collar, wherein particularly
preferably the sealing pocket is arranged axially at a height
between collar and cover and thus radially within the engagement
area. Because of the arrangement of the seal in the immediate
vicinity of the collar, at which the positive fit connection may
occur, changes in the shape of the individual parts in the area of
the seal, which changes are caused by vibrations, are so small that
the risk of vibration-induced leaks is reduced.
[0022] The sealing pocket for receiving the sealing element may be
arranged offset radially inward opposing the positive fit pocket.
With respect to the longitudinal filter axis, axially offset
arrangements of sealing pocket and positive fit pocket and
arrangements of sealing pocket and positive fit pocket at the same
axial height are both possible. Where necessary, embodiments in
which the sealing pocket is arranged offset radially outward to the
positive fit pocket are also possible.
[0023] The sealing pocket may be axially delimited using a
delimiting part that, according to another advantageous embodiment,
is embodied separately from the collar and is also arranged on the
cover. Where necessary, integral embodiment of the delimiting part
and the collar is also possible. The delimiting part may comprise
the same material as the collar and may be joined to the cover like
the collar, for instance using soldering. Integral embodiment of
the delimiting part and the cover is also possible.
[0024] A centering element that receives the pipe connecting piece
may be inserted into the end disk of the filter element. A sealing
element is advantageously inserted between pipe connecting piece
and centering element in order to provide a flow-tight connection
between the centering element and the pipe connecting piece.
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.
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