ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,430, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Assemblies; components and filter features thereof; and, methods of use and assembly" was invented by Steven K. Campbell (Lakeville, Minn.) and Richard Patrick Manahan (Lake Elmo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cleaner assembly is disclosed, along with related methods. In one aspect, the air cleaner assembly has a housing including a housing body and a removable cover that together define an interior volume for holding a filter cartridge. The housing can include a first part of a first connection arrangement. The air filter cartridge can in...