US Patent Issued to Donaldson on Nov. 3 for "Polymeric rupture disk system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,865, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Donaldson Co. Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Polymeric rupture disk system" was invented by Suresh B. Bommineni (Shakopee, Minn.), James P. Moorman (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Shane B. Campbell (St. Paul, Minn.) and Aflal Rahmathullah (Savage, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rupture disk system has a housing defining a central axis, a first axial end defining an axial opening and a second axial end. An airflow pathway extends from the first axial end facing towards the second axial end. A sealing surface is defined about the airflow pathway towards the first axial end. A shield extends across the ...