ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,528, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Pressure relief assembly" was invented by Matthew J. Goode (Blaine, Minn.), Daniel J. Dotzler (Webster, Minn.) and Raymond S. Cleveland (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure relief assembly has a frame having a coupling structure, a valve mounting surface, a valve opening within the valve mounting surface, a vent mounting surface, and a vent opening within the vent mounting surface. The vent opening is functionally parallel to the valve opening. A valve body is sealably disposed on the valve mounting surface across the valve opening. A ...