ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,650, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SCHWABISCHE HUTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH (Aalen, Germany).

"Fluid delivery system comprising a separate filter module" was invented by Sven Peters (Bad Schussenried, Germany), Gerd Jaggle (Ertingen, Germany), Enis Kostic (Bad Buchau, Germany) and Harald Kunzi (Winnenden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery system for supplying fluid to at least one machine assembly, in particular an engine and/or transmission of a motor vehicle, including: a first pump and a second pump; a drive for driving the first pump and/or the second pump; a reservoir for storing the fluid; and a filter m...