US Patent Issued to Donaldson on March 25 for "Filter cartridges; air cleaner assemblies; housings; features components; and, methods" (Belgian, Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,541, issued on March 25, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Filter cartridges; air cleaner assemblies; housings; features components; and, methods" was invented by Kristof Decoster (Vilvoorde, Belgium), Johnny Craessaerts (Huldenberg, Belgium), Johan G. Dewit (The Hague, Netherlands), Bart Catoor (Kessel-Lo, Belgium), Tim Billiau (Bierbeek, Belgium), Anthonius Jan-Baptist Maria Moers (Holsbeek, Belgium), Rui Sun (Minneapolis) and Jacob C. Savstrom (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner ...