ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,854, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Clamp system and filter arrangement and methods" was invented by Dominique Louis (Brussels), Wim V. Van Gelder (Kessel-Lo, Belgium), Benjamin M. Nicols (Bierbeck, Belgium), Rakesh K Yadav (Lakeville, Minn.) and Oliver Ronneau (Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter system and clamp system for a gas turbine air inlet uses a single clamp system that allows for securing in place both a first element and a second element on the grid of the gas turbine air inlet. The clamp system can be released to allow for services of the ...