ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,577, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Air dryer device and air treatment device" was invented by Tibor Olah (Kecskemet, Hungary), Zoltan Laszlo Toth (Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary), Zoltan Tormasi (Kecskemet, Hungary) and Peter Sajben (Helvecia, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air dryer device for an air treatment device for a utility vehicle includes at least one housing forming at least one accommodation chamber for accommodating at least one desiccant container. The housing has at least one housing socket arranged, in a mounted state, at a bottom region of the housing; ...