ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,136, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to DRAGER SAFETY AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).

"Filter unit with a filter block, a damping layer and a housing, and process of manufacturing such a filter unit" was invented by Benjamin Brandenburg (Lubeck, Germany), Ludwig Lorenzen (Lubeck, Germany) and Tim Erhardt (Lubeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter unit (100) includes a rigid filter block (1) that filters out a gas or particles from a gas mixture flowing through the filter unit (100). The filter block (1) has two end faces (Sf.a, Sf.e) and a shell surface (M). A housing including a pot (4) and a cover (2) surrounds the fil...