US Patent Issued to Cummins Filtration IP on Feb. 25 for "Filter cartridge with valve activation feature" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,359, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Cummins Filtration IP Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Filter cartridge with valve activation feature" was invented by Priti Vishwas Chavan (Pune, India), Jeff A. Bowerman (Cookeville, Tenn.), Anil Ishwar Sawant (Pune, India), Balasaheb Mahadev Bhittam (Kolhapur, India) and Ismail C. Bagci (Cookeville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter assembly includes a housing defining unfiltered and filtered cavities, a coolant inlet, and a coolant outlet. The filter assembly further includes a stop valve movable between a stop valve closed position and a stop valve open position and an anti-drain valve ...