ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,253, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Vent assembly" was invented by Suresh B. Bommineni (Shakopee, Minn.), Matthew J. Goode (Blaine, Minn.), Shane B. Campbell (Salt Lake City), James P. Moorman (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Jacob L. Sanders (Apple Valley, Minn.), Scott A. Betcher (Lakeville, Minn.), Daniel L. Tuma (St. Paul, Minn.), Lisa R. Bronson (Burnsville, Minn.) and Daniel J. Dotzler (Webster, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally related to vent assemblies. More particularly, the present disclosure is related to vent assemblies that are configured for pre...