ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,611, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Liquid filter equipped with an anti-leakage valve" was invented by Baptiste Boutin (La Tour du Pin, France) and Herve Coste (Roche, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a liquid filter (6, 12), preferably a fuel filter, for a vehicle, said filter comprising a filter head (36) delimiting an inlet port (19) and an outlet port (21), a filter housing (30) which is to be screwed below the filter head (36) and which contains a filter element (32) centred on a central axis (X38), said filter element including a filter medium (38), a to...