US Patent Issued to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER on Sept. 30 for "Filter device and method for mounting such a filter device" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,466, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER N.V. (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Filter device and method for mounting such a filter device" was invented by Marc Steijnen (Wilrijk, Belgium), Sylwester Manski (Wilrijk, Belgium) and Peter Waeterschoot (Kruibeke, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device for the separation of impurities from a gas, including a filter housing having a lid and a pot; a filter element installed in the pot; a top cap has an inlet duct for receiving gas to be purified, the inlet duct connects to the inlet of the lid; a positioning device configured to position the top cap in relation to ...