US Patent Issued to FILTRAN on Aug. 25 for "Filter assembly" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,481, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FILTRAN LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.).

"Filter assembly" was invented by Lev Pekarsky (Des Plaines, Ill.), Ibrahim A. Khalil (Des Plaines, Ill.), Karl S. Morgan (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Eric Alan Saari (Des Plaines, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold may include a manifold body and a cap. The manifold body may define a manifold inlet including a first filter holder configured to receive a first filter, a second filter holder having an enclosable open end, the second filter holder configured to receive a second filter through the enclosable open end, a pump interface having an interface inl...