ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,663, issued on June 23.
"Low profile dust separator" was invented by Thomas Huntley (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust separator including a top member having a top member having an inlet port arranged to supply dust-laden air and an outlet port arranged to remove clean air, the top member having a lower portion configured as a lip and having a radius which equals diameter of the inlet port, and a dust separator plate, housed within the lip, having a passage with at least one opening arranged to remove the dust from within the top member."
The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2020, under Application No. 17/088,047...