US Patent Issued to Advanced Suspension Technology on March 24 for "Tank breather cap with integrated filter, splash protection, and nipple for breather hose" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,653, issued on March 24, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Tank breather cap with integrated filter, splash protection, and nipple for breather hose" was invented by Carl Olofsson (St. Truiden, Belgium) and Kenneth Llonch (Hasselt, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fluid tank assembly for use with a suspension system for a vehicle is provided. The hydraulic fluid tank assembly includes a tank having a chamber configured to contain a volume of hydraulic fluid and a volume of gas, and a breather cap assembly. The breather cap assembly includes a breather cap having a passageway a...