ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,926, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HENGST SE (Munster, Germany).
"Cabin air filter with polarisation" was invented by Stefan Robert (Nordwalde, Germany), Andreas Borchard (Coesfeld, Germany), Martin Rolver (Havixbeck, Germany) and Tom Klaver (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas filter that includes a filter medium configured to filter a gas flow propagating from an upstream facing side through the filter medium to a downstream facing side. The filter medium includes a capacitor with a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric medium. The gas filter also includes a first electrical contact and a seco...