ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,901, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HENGST SE (Munster, Germany).

"Fluid filter and housing for the fluid filter" was invented by Wilhelm Ardes (Ascheberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid filter cartridge including a filter element forming a fluid channel with a longitudinal axis, a front-end cap sealingly attached to a front side of the filter element, a rear-end cap sealingly attached to a rear side of the filter element, a through hole in the front-end cap, a conduit formed by a conduit wall that is attached to the front-end cap and in fluid communication with the fluid channel via the through hole in the front-...