ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,612, issued on July 8, was assigned to Cummins Filtration IP Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).
"Multiple threaded connector for filter" was invented by Nikhil Manohar Kalbande (Cookeville, Tenn.), Ismail C. Bagci (Cookeville, Tenn.) and Kevin C. South (Cookeville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter assembly comprising a housing with a first coupling member formed in a housing first end of the housing. The filter assembly further comprises a filter head with a first thread formed on a surface thereof. The filter assembly further comprises an adapter. The adapter includes a first adapter end, a second adapter end, and an annular portion...