US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Sept. 16 for "Filter housing and an air filter system" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,151, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Filter housing and an air filter system" was invented by Hans Ronnings (Gothenburg, Sweden), Carl Lowstedt (Onsala, Sweden), Mikael Karlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Sophie Girolami (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air filter housing includes an inner housing space adapted to receive an air filter element. The air filter housing includes a first end and a second end located axially opposite the first end in relation to the inner housing space, and an outlet channel path extending from the inner housing space and out from the second...