DE 10 2011 083 657 A1 describes a filter element for a fresh air system in a vehicle. At a carrier body, the filter element has two separately configured filter media bodies implemented as pleated filters, which are disposed diagonally opposite each other at the carrier body and delimit an intermediate clean chamber in the carrier body. The filter media bodies are each through-flown from the outside to the inside by the air to be cleaned; the clean air is discharged from the clean chamber via an outflow aperture in the carrier body.
The carrier body of the filter element is configured as a frame having two parallel running webs, which at their end faces are connected with one end plate respectively. The outflow aperture for discharging the cleaned air from the clean chamber is introduced into one of the end plates. The carrier body is formed as a plastic injection molding component injection-molded onto the two filter media bodies. The injection molding creates a flow-tight connection between the outflow side of each filter media body and the support frame.
The filter media bodies are identically structured and adjoin with their lateral end edges at the end plates of the carrier body. As a result, the filter element overall is approximately cuboidal.