US Patent Issued to Donaldson on Oct. 7 for "Filtration devices and associated filter element" (Italian, Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,178, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Filtration devices and associated filter element" was invented by Mirko Massara (Borgo Mantavano, Italy), Stefano Bertelli (Magnacavallo, Italy), Alessandro Torresani (Nogara, Italy), Fabrizio Buratto (Sustinente, Italy), Isacco Pavanelli (Sermide e Felonica, Italy), Miloslav Krystufek (Brussels), Luca Ghisu (Bierbeek, Belgium), John K. Aune (Edina, Minn.) and Gert Willems (Edegem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter assembly is disclosed comprising a filter cartridge, a filter housing end part, and a filter housing main part, said filter hous...