US Patent Issued to KB Intellectual Property on July 28 for "Air compressor for a vehicle air braking system" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,853, issued on July 28, was assigned to KB Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Pullach i. Isartel, Germany).

"Air compressor for a vehicle air braking system" was invented by Justin R. Huffman (Willoughby, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air compressor comprises a crankcase having a longitudinal central axis. The vehicle air compressor also comprises a head assembly including (i) a rear face that lies in a plane transverse to the longitudinal central axis of the crankcase, (ii) an air inlet port oriented in the same plane as the rear face, (iii) an air outlet port oriented in the same plane as the rear face, (iv) a coo...