Abstract: A filter device has a filter element made from a filter hose that has a filter wall separating an unfiltered side from a clean side of the filter device in a radial direction. The filter wall of the filter hose is provided with a very fine particle filtration layer comprised of nanofibers. The diameter of the nanofibers is less than one micrometer. The nanofiber layer can be applied to a green filter material and the filter element can be produced subsequently from the filter material with applied nanofiber layer. Alternatively, the nanofiber layer can be applied to a finished filter element.

Abstract: A reservoir includes a plurality of chambers, an inlet, and a channel. The channel includes a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is connected to the inlet to receive fluid, and the second opening is greater in area than the first opening.

Abstract: An active carbon coated filter element is proposed for preventing the issuance of hydrocarbons from an opening. It includes a medium containing active carbon, which is of substantially planar shape and has a frame. The frame is provided with sealing lips on at least two sides. The medium is arranged with the frame in a plastic holder, the plastic holder being able to be inserted and fixed in the opening. The sealing lips engage the wall of the opening.

Abstract: A centrifugal oil separator which includes a disk separator disposed in a housing and has a plurality of spaced disks between which paths of flow for a gas to be cleaned are provided. The paths of flow connect an intake space located at the radial exterior of the disk separator with an inner, axial discharge channel. The intake space is supplied with pressurized gas via a rotation element that is configured as a compressor wheel and that is disposed in the area of an axial end face of the disk separator.

Abstract: A centrifugal separator for separating dirt particles from a fluid includes a separator cylinder, which rotates in a separator housing and into which the fluid to be cleaned is introduced. A detection device for indicating the operating state of the separator cylinder is provided, which includes a radially extending guide tube in which a detection element is accommodated in such a way that the detection element can be outwardly displaced within the guide tube under the influence of centrifugal force when the separator cylinder rotates and can move between a normal position and a contamination-indicating position.

Abstract: A filter insert (1) having an annular filter element (2) which is connected in a fluid-tight manner to a cover (5) on one axial end face (3) and to a base (6) on an opposite axial end face (4). The filter element (2) has a central channel (25) in which a central tube (8, 28) is situated. The central tube (8, 28) extends between the cover (5) and the base (6) and communicates with a central opening (7) in the cover (5). To ensure high stability of the filter (1) with a low manufacturing complexity, the central tube (8, 28) is designed to have a variable length in the direction of its longitudinal central axis (10).

Abstract: An intake pipe (10) for an internal combustion engine composed of shells (11a, 11b) in which the geometry of the joining surfaces (19) adopts an approximately stepped course in areas with a slight incline relative to to joining force (F). This produces areas with a greater or lesser inclination relative to a joint line (16) indicating the average inclination of the joining surfaces. This results in areas which can be welded with a high degree of stability because of their considerable incline towards the joining force. These areas can then support areas which are less inclined towards the joining force. This allows the shells (11a, 11b) to have strongly curved joining surfaces, which increases the geometric design freedom of the intake pipe and, in particular, makes it possible to manufacture intake pipes with strongly curved intake channels constructed from just two shells.