US Patent Issued to Cummins Filtration on Oct. 21 for "Integrated service cover and filter element utilizing bayonet feature for alignment" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,428, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cummins Filtration Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Integrated service cover and filter element utilizing bayonet feature for alignment" was invented by Jessie A. Knight (Oregon, Wis.), Matthew Louison (McFarland, Wis.) and Devendra Kalaskar (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter assembly includes a housing, a cover, and a filter element. The housing defines a pocket. The cover includes a bayonet sized to be received within the pocket. The bayonet defines an elongated opening. The filter element is sized to be received within the housing. The filter element includes a media pack and a fi...