ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,625, issued on May 19, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Compressor system and filter housing" was invented by Matthew Charles Wagenhauser (Davidson, N.C.), Subodh Kumar (Huntersville, N.C.), Christopher Leamon (Concord, N.C.) and James David Gillon (Kannapolis, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor system includes a compression module having an inlet for receiving air; and a filter housing in fluid communication with the compression module. The filter housing is constructed to house a filter, the filter having a sealing feature disposed at a first end of the filter and having an engagem...