ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,654, issued on March 11.
"Oil filter for continuously variable transmission" was invented by Orrin Benjamin Morgan Jr. (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter configured to replace an original filter disposed in a cavity in a transmission, increases fluid flow rate through the filter. An example filter includes a bottom structure configured to mate with the bottom portion of the cavity, and the bottom structure defines an outlet through which oil passes from the cavity to the outlet of the housing. The filter also includes a filter media having a bottom portion and an opposite top portion, the bottom portion being ...