US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on May 19 for "Air filter element" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,624, issued on May 19, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Air filter element" was invented by Hans Ronnings (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Carl Lowstedt (Onsala, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air filter element includes a first end and a second end located opposite to the first end in relation to a longitudinal direction of the air filter element. The air filter element is configured for axial insertion into a filter housing with the first end leading the axial insertion. The air filter element includes a gripping structure at the second end, the gripping structure comprising an external surface accessible f...