ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,813, issued on May 20, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Quick change oil filter" was invented by Jeremy P. Robison (Des Moines, Iowa), David W. Geiger (Raleigh, N.C.) and John L. Bocksnick (Willow Spring, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick change oil filter incudes a filter canister and filter base that may be installed and removed manually from an engine adapter on an internal combustion engine. The filter canister and filter base may hold at least about one third of the required engine oil supply when removed from the engine adapter. The engine adapter includes an oil inlet passage, an oil outlet passage, a...