ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,717, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HAVER & BOECKER OHG (Oelde, Germany).
"Supporting device and method of manufacturing" was invented by Helmut Frohlich (Oelde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporting device for a filter device including a flat-woven material manufactured of warp devices and weft devices, which form a woven surface, wherein the flat-woven material shows, in two opposite end portions, two free ends of warp devices or weft devices protruding from the woven surface. The flat-woven material is shaped to form a predetermined three-dimensional shape with a free cross-section, and the free ends overlap and ...