US Patent Issued to ENTEGRIS on Jan. 27 for "Filter cartridge, and method of retrofitting filter housing" (Minnesota, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,612, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Filter cartridge, and method of retrofitting filter housing" was invented by Jeffrey J. McKenzie (Watertown, Minn.), James C. Linder (Victoria, Minn.), Barry Lee Gregerson (Deephaven, Minn.) and Hayden Lincicome (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable filter cartridge includes a filter housing containing a filter and a sealing valve coupled to an open end of the filter housing. The sealing valve configured to removably couple the removable filter cartridge to a filter head. An open position allows fluid to flow into and out of the internal v...