ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,307, issued on May 27, was assigned to SATA GmbH & Co. KG (Kornwestheim, Germany).
"Filter element for use in a filter and filter having a filter element" was invented by Norbert Maier (Allmersbach, Germany), Martin Horstman (Stuttgart, Germany) and Sven Schulze (Gemmrigheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter element, in particular a replaceable filter element, more particularly for separating particles and/or gases and/or liquids, in particular a filter cartridge for use in a filter, more particularly a compressed air filter, in particular as a component of a filter comprising multiple filtration stages, includes a sub...