US Patent Issued to Donaldson on July 15 for "Retention apparatus for wire mesh arrangement" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,596, issued on July 15, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Retention apparatus for wire mesh arrangement" was invented by Derek M. Larsen (Mound, Minn.), Todd R. Taubert (St. Paul, Minn.), Nathaniel I. Iverson (Hopkins, Minn.), William J. Baird (Prior Lake, Minn.), Mark T. Brandl (Ham Lake, Minn.) and David D. Rowley (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust treatment device includes a dosing and mixing assembly having a wire mesh puck. A retaining arrangement holds the mesh puck and maintains the mesh puck in an axially compressed state. The compressive force may be sufficient to inhibit rot...