US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on July 29 for "Filter element for an air filter device of a motor vehicle, and air filter device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,482, issued on July 29, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Filter element for an air filter device of a motor vehicle, and air filter device" was invented by Eric Schumacher (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter element for an air filter device of a motor vehicle includes a frame which surrounds a filter material. The frame has a front wall extending perpendicularly to an insertion direction in which the filter element is insertable in a receiving space of a housing of the air filter device. A securing element is disposed on a front side of the front wall on which securing element a co...