ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,370, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).
"Filter device for filtering a fluid" was invented by Markus Lang (Loechgau, Germany), Stefan Moedinger (Remseck a.N., Germany) and Ralf Zink (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device for filtering a fluid may include a flat filter element. The flat filer element may extend flat in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction. The filter element may include at least one pleated filter medium through which a flow path of the fluid leads in a height direction. The at least one filter medium may include a top side and a bottom side ...