US Patent Issued to COMBIPRO AS on May 19 for "Bi-directional filter" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,620, issued on May 19, was assigned to COMBIPRO AS (Asker, Norway).

"Bi-directional filter" was invented by Finn Aarseth (Asker, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional filter includes an outer housing and a filter assembly unit. The outer housing is provided with one inlet for contaminated fluid and at least one outlet. The filter assembly unit includes at least one separation void for contaminated fluid. The filter assembly unit, at least one separation void, and the outer housing provide an outer dead end and an inner dead end within the bi-directional filter. The filter assembly unit is connected to a drive unit thr...