A filter element for an air filter device of a motor vehicle includes a frame which surrounds a filter material. The frame has a front wall extending perpendicularly to an insertion direction in which the filter element is insertable in a receiving space of a housing of the air filter device. A securing element is disposed on a front side of the front wall on which securing element a cover of the air filter device configured for closing the receiving space is fixable. The securing element has two holding parts which are engageable with two corresponding holding parts of the cover. The two holding parts of the securing element are configured as wings projecting from a shank of the securing element transversely to the insertion direction and the two holding parts extending from a respective first end region to a respective second end region, facing the front wall, are ramp-shaped.

Proposed is a vehicle air conditioner, which performs cooling and heating by supplying cold air and hot air in an interior of the vehicle. The vehicle air conditioner includes an intake unit installed at an engine room and configured to suction and blows internal and external air to the interior, a heat exchanger unit configured to cool or heat and supply air blown from the intake unit, a case cover installed on an outer surface of the intake unit to cover the intake unit, and a case soundproofing member installed between an intake case of the intake unit and the case cover and configured to block noise that is transmitted to the intake case from the outside of the case cover.

A filter element for an air filtration device of a motor vehicle includes a frame where the frame has an elastically deformable front wall which extends perpendicularly to an insertion direction of the filter element in a receiving chamber of a housing of the air filtration device. A fastening element is disposed on the frame where a lid of the air filtration device is fixable on the fastening element and where the lid is configured for closing the receiving chamber. An insertion bevel is formed on the frame wherein via the insertion bevel the front wall can be brought into an elastically deformed state during an insertion of the filter element into the receiving chamber. An inherently rigid component is mounted on the frame in an area of the front wall where the fastening element is formed integrally with the component and the component has the insertion bevel.

An air filter device for a motor vehicle includes a housing with a receiving space for a filter element where the filter element has a respective first projection that projects from each side wall near one of two transverse walls. The housing has two opposite housing side walls, both of which have at least one link each in which the first projection of the respective side wall of the filter element is insertable in a first link end region directed in a first direction. A respective second projection projects from the side walls near the other one of the two transverse walls and the housing side walls each have a second link end region directed opposite to the first direction into which the second projections are insertable such that the filter element is located in an operating position in the receiving space of the housing.

A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a filter case configured to accommodate a filter, and a filter cover configured to couple to an open upper end of the filter case. The filter case defines an inner space configured to accommodate the filter therein and having the open upper end to receive and discharge the filter therethrough. The inner space is inclined with respect to a vertical direction to allow the filter to be received into and discharged from the filter case in an inclined state. The filter cover includes a fixing protrusion protruding from a lower surface of the filter cover facing the inner space of the filter case and being configured to press and fix the filter in the inner space.

An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: a case that forms an air passage; and a filter arranged inside the case. The case has an opening for attaching/detaching the filter. The case has a guide unit provided on an inner wall surface of the case to guide a movement of the filter. The guide unit has a positioning portion to determine a position of the filter in a filter mounted state, and a service portion located between the positioning portion and the opening. The case has a water prevention rib protruding from the inner wall surface so as to extend in a direction intersecting a flow of air at a position upstream of the service portion.

Filter apparatus (6) in particular passenger compartment filter apparatus, for example for a motor vehicle (1), comprising a filter element (8) having a filter medium body (9) and a frame (10) surrounding the filter medium body (9), wherein the frame (10) features opposite lateral surfaces (11, 12), a plurality of engagement elements (22a to 22d), and a filter housing (7) featuring, on two opposing wall sections (24, 25), in each case two engagement counter elements (28a to 28d) in which in each case one of the plurality of engagement elements (22a to 22d) can be accommodated in a positive fitting manner, wherein the engagement counter elements (28a to 28d) in each case are designed as a groove in the respective wall section (24, 25) of the filter housing (7) and feature: an insertion section (31) which, when the filter element (8) is mounted in the filter housing (7), permits an insertion movement of the respective engagement element (22a to 22d) substantially along the throughflow direction (L), and a locking section (32) connected to the insertion section (31) and angled with respect to the insertion section (31), wherein a respective engagement element (22a to 22d) is disposed on a respective lateral surface (11, 12) of the filter element (8) when the filter element (8) is mounted in the filter housing (7), extends away from the filter medium body (9), and is held in a respective locking section (32).

A filter device of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle is provided. The filter device has at least one indicator device arranged in the filter device, the indicator device having at least one electrically conductive indicator material, the conductive characteristics of which vary in a manner dependent on the degree of loading of the filter device with filtered particles. Also provided is a motor vehicle having an air-conditioning system comprising the filter device, and a method for detecting the state of the filter device.