ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,618, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).
"Filter element and filter system comprising same" was invented by Sebastien Bessone (Asnieres-sur-seine, France), Farid Ladimat (Sartrouville, France), Francois-Xavier Beherec (Paris) and Raphael Ribot (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter element configured to be installed by sliding said filter element into a filter housing cavity along a first direction, said filter element comprising a handlebar pivotable around a pivoting axis perpendicular to said first direction; wherein said handlebar has a gripping portion on a f...