Patents Assigned to Camfil AB
  • Patent number: 12440791
    Abstract: An air filter assembly and use thereof for filtration of air in wet or damp conditions, said air filter assembly comprising: an air filter comprising a front frame defining at least one rectangular aperture for receiving an air flow to be filtered; characterized in that said air filter assembly comprises a deflector element extending alongside edge portion of the rectangular aperture and adapted an to deflect an air flow passing through the rectangular aperture away from an adjacent inside surface of the air filter; and a liquid drain arranged such that liquid collected at said adjacent inside surface of the air filter can exit the air filter through said liquid drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Daniel Iggander, Kenny Hedlund, Cheah Wei Ng, Muthu Krisnan Mageshvaran
  • Patent number: 12440793
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pleated filter element comprising: a pleated filter media comprising a major upstream face and a major downstream face and comprising a plurality of oppositely-facing pleats extending between said major upstream face and said major downstream face such that the pleated filter media comprises a first corrugated edge and a second corrugated edge and a first noncorrugated edge and a second noncorrugated edge, wherein the pleated filter media comprises a main pleat section and a first edge pleat section at the first noncorrugated edge, wherein the length of the first edge pleat section is less than 50% of the total length of the pleated filter element between the first noncorrugated edge and the second noncorrugated edge, and/or wherein the maximum pleat height in the first edge pleat section is lower than the maximum pleat height in the main pleat section. The present disclosure further relates to an air filter comprising the pleated filter element in a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Seger, Richard Ringström, Kenny Hedlund, Mageshvaran Muthu Krisnan
  • Patent number: 12416429
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are replaceable filter frame gaskets and air filters having the same. The gasket is secured elastically to a filter frame of the air filter, making the gasket easily reusable and removable from the air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Joseph John Gorman, Adam Sienkiewicz, Jonathan P. Albar
  • Patent number: 12390757
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air filtering apparatus (1) configured to provide intake air to an engine, said apparatus comprising: a filter chamber (2) comprising an air inlet opening (3), and an air outlet opening (4); a weather protection hood (5) arranged on the air inlet side of the filter chamber, said weather protection hood having an air intake opening (6) facing downward and an outlet opening (7) being connected to the air inlet opening (3) of the filter chamber; a pulse filter arrangement (8) comprising one or more pulse filters (9); a static filter arrangement (10) located at the air outlet opening (4); where the pulse filter arrangement (8) is arranged inside the weather protection hood (5) and in that a maintenance space (11) is provided in the filter chamber (2) on a downstream side of the pulse filter arrangement (8), through which the filters (9) of the pulse filter arrangement can be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Andreas Lennhager, Mikael Savinger, Magnus Sturesson
  • Patent number: 12000619
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are replaceable filter frame gaskets and air filters having the same. The gasket is secured elastically to a filter frame of the air filter, making the gasket easily reusable and removable from the air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Joseph John Gorman, Adam Sienkiewicz, Jonathan P. Albar
  • Patent number: 11878266
    Abstract: A heat resistant regenerable air filter assembly for an air supplying application an air permeable adsorbent panel (1) mounted in a frame (2), said panel comprising a heat resistant structure comprising a heat resistant porous adsorbent material for adsorbing molecular contamination and being configured to be regenerated by desorption, and said air filter assembly comprising a heat resistant sealing material (3) between the adsorbent panel and the frame, where the heat resistant sealing material is a carbon fiber felt material arranged between the air permeable adsorbent panel and the frame so as to fill the distance therebetween, thereby preventing leakage of unfiltered air through the heat regenerable air filter assembly; and a method (100) of regenerating the air filter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Boon Han Lim, Cheah Wei Ng
  • Patent number: 11376533
    Abstract: A clamping system (1) for mounting a filter housing (10) to a wall structure (20), said clamping system including a filter housing clamping flange (2) arranged on a front side of the filter housing (10), and being adapted to abut a front side (20a) of the wall structure (20); a first locking plate (4, 44) having a longitudinal direction (y), and including a locking plate clamping surface (5, 45) extending along a longitudinal side of the locking plate (4) and being adapted to abut a rear side (20b) of the wall structure (20); a first engagement component (3a, 43a) associated with a filter housing wall (11) on a distance from the filter housing clamping flange (2); and a puller (6), said locking plate being configured to cooperate with the puller (6) via an abutment surface (7) associated with the locking plate (4; 44) and being adapted to engage with a part of the puller (6), and said locking plate (4; 44) further being configured to cooperate with the first engagement component (3a, 43a) via a second engagem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CAMFIL AB
    Inventor: Martin Molnár
  • Patent number: 11338238
    Abstract: An aerosol distributor and an arrangement for filter leakage detection in a gas filtration system comprising such aerosol distributor, the aerosol distributor being configured to be positioned in a gas stream upstream of the filter, said aerosol distributor comprising: a housing comprising a primary chamber in fluid connection with two or more secondary chambers; the housing having an inlet for admitting a test aerosol from an aerosol source into the primary chamber and passages for releasing the test aerosol from the primary chamber into each of the secondary chambers; said secondary chambers being elongated and provided with a plurality of outlet holes along the length thereof for releasing the test aerosol from the secondary chambers into a gas stream surrounding the aerosol distributor; characterized in that the dimensions of the inlet, the primary chamber, the passages, the secondary chambers and the outlet holes are selected such that during operation, the pressure of the test aerosol in the primary cha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventor: Axel Mahler
  • Patent number: 11278921
    Abstract: An aerosol distributor for filter leakage detection in a gas filtration system, said aerosol distributor being configured to be positioned in a gas stream upstream of the filter, said aerosol distributor comprising: a rotatable distributor housing comprising a hub in fluid connection with two or more radial chambers evenly distributed around said hub, the distributor housing having an inlet for admitting a test aerosol from an aerosol source via the hub into the radial chambers, each radial chamber being elongated, sealed at a distal end, and provided with a plurality of outlet holes distributed along the length thereof for releasing the aerosol from the radial chamber into a gas stream surrounding the aerosol distributor, and wherein said aerosol distributor further comprises an actuator configured to rotate the distributor housing around a central axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventor: Keith Woolard
  • Patent number: 11237074
    Abstract: An aerosol distributor and an arrangement for filter leakage detection in a gas filtration system comprising such aerosol distributor, the aerosol distributor being configured to be positioned in a gas stream upstream of a filter, said aerosol distributor comprising: a hollow housing having at least one aerosol inlet for admitting an aerosol from an aerosol source into a chamber inside said housing, and a plurality of aerosol outlet holes for releasing the aerosol from the chamber into a gas stream surrounding the housing, wherein said housing has a plate like shape having an upstream surface configured to face an incoming gas stream and a downstream surface configured to face a filter, wherein said housing comprises a plurality of channels extending between channel inlets at the upstream surface and channel outlets at the downstream surface of the housing, such that gas from the gas stream can pass through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventor: Sven Petersen
  • Patent number: 11148090
    Abstract: A pocket filter assembly with reduced risk for exposing a user to contaminations leaving the pocket filter assembly during and after removal of the pocket filter assembly from an installation is disclosed. A first pocket filter comprises a grip member configured to be gripped by the user to enable folding of the pocket filters in a controlled manner before removal of the pocket filter assembly from an installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Englund, Stefan Ericson
  • Patent number: 10976065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (40) for air filter management, the system comprising a plurality of air filter devices (41a,b) and an air filter control station (42). Each air filter device (41a,b) is provided at an air filter arrangement in an air flow inlet to an industrial installation and comprises at least one filter medium capable of removing particulate material and/or airborne molecular contamination, AMC, from an air flow received at the air flow inlet. Each air filter device comprises a set of sensors arranged to gather sensor data representative of an operating state of the air filter arrangement, a microprocessor and a communication unit. The air filter control station (42) comprises communication unit arranged to receive operating state information from the plurality of air filter devices and a user interface for selecting an air filter arrangement of an air filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Joshua Kohn, Richard Ringström
  • Publication number: 20200306673
    Abstract: A clamping system (1) for mounting a filter housing (10) to a wall structure (20), said clamping system including a filter housing clamping flange (2) arranged on a front side of the filter housing (10), and being adapted to abut a front side (20a) of the wall structure (20); a first locking plate (4, 44) having a longitudinal direction (y), and including a locking plate clamping surface (5, 45) extending along a longitudinal side of the locking plate (4) and being adapted to abut a rear side (20b) of the wall structure (20); a first engagement component (3a, 43a) associated with a filter housing wall (11) on a distance from the filter housing clamping flange (2); and a puller (6), said locking plate being configured to cooperate with the puller (6) via an abutment surface (7) associated with the locking plate (4; 44) and being adapted to engage with a part of the puller (6), and said locking plate (4; 44) further being configured to cooperate with the first engagement component (3a, 43a) via a second engagem
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Camfil AB
    Inventor: Martin MOLNÁR
  • Publication number: 20200289971
    Abstract: An aerosol distributor and an arrangement for filter leakage detection in a gas filtration system comprising such aerosol distributor, the aerosol distributor being configured to be positioned in a gas stream upstream of the filter, said aerosol distributor comprising: a housing comprising a primary chamber in fluid connection with two or more secondary chambers; the housing having an inlet for admitting a test aerosol from an aerosol source into the primary chamber and passages for releasing the test aerosol from the primary chamber into each of the secondary chambers; said secondary chambers being elongated and provided with a plurality of outlet holes along the length thereof for releasing the test aerosol from the secondary chambers into a gas stream surrounding the aerosol distributor; characterized in that the dimensions of the inlet, the primary chamber, the passages, the secondary chambers and the outlet holes are selected such that during operation, the pressure of the test aerosol in the primary cha
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Camfil AB
    Inventor: Axel Mahler
  • Patent number: 10710014
    Abstract: A high efficiency air filter assembly (100) for high temperature applications including: a filter core (102) including a unitary sheet of air-permeable filter media folded in accordion fashion to form a plurality of side-by-side pleats with zig-zag edges on two opposite sides and flat panels on the other two sides, and a spacer member between opposing walls of successive pleats, a box-like metal frame (108) enclosing said filter core on four sides in air tight engagement to define an air flow opening extending between upstream and downstream sides of said assembly, wherein the zig-zag edges of the unitary sheet of air-permeable filter media are sealingly embedded in a solid inorganic sealant composition (118) in the frame, and wherein the unitary sheet of air-permeable filter media preferably consists of a binder-free glass or mineral fiber filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CAMFIL AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Englund, Sverker Hugert
  • Patent number: 10677690
    Abstract: A test probe for filter leakage detection. The test probe (1) has an elongated housing (5) with a longitudinal inlet portion for admitting gas into a first chamber of the housing through an inlet of the inlet portion, and an outlet portion for letting gas out of a second chamber of the housing through an outlet of the outlet portion. Further, the test probe has an intermediate element comprising a throttling portion. The intermediate element is arranged between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, wherein the first and second chambers are fluidly interconnected via the throttling portion, wherein the throttling portion is elongated and extends longitudinally of the housing, wherein the throttling portion is arranged to cause a smaller vacuum upstream of the throttling portion than downstream of the throttling portion when gas is sucked through the test probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Axel Mahler, Richard Addington, Kenny Hedlund
  • Patent number: D893694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Mathieu Hugues, Sverker Hugert
  • Patent number: D980401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventor: Vincent Arun Kenadzir
  • Patent number: D1116055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Petroglia, Andrew Stillo, Jr., Joseph John Gorman, Adam Sienkiewicz
  • Patent number: D1118876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Camfil AB
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Petroglia, Andrew Stillo, Jr., Joseph John Gorman, Adam Sienkiewicz