ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,712, issued on March 18, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Electrostatic filter unit for an air cleaning device and air cleaning device" was invented by Georg Hepperle (Heilbronn, Germany) and Daniel Vollmar (Pfinztal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic filter unit for an air cleaning device includes an ionization unit configured to ionize particles in air and to deplete odor, and a separation unit arranged downstream of the ionization unit in a direction of flow of air and configured to separate particles."
The patent was filed on Nov. 4, 2020, under Application No. 17/762,763.
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