ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,657, issued on April 21, was assigned to Atmus Filtration Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Filtration system with improved standpipe design" was invented by Joshua Crooks (Cookevile, Tenn.), Zemin Jiang (Cookeville, Tenn.) and Sudhindra Palaxa Arakeri (Shahapur, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration system for filtering a fluid is described herein. The filtration system includes a filter element. The filter element includes a filter media that is structured to filter a fluid. The filter element also includes a first endplate, a second endplate, and a standpipe positioned radially within the filter media and coupled to the secon...