ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,242, issued on July 21, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Europe BV (Brussels).

"Air dryer housing, air dryer assembly, compressed-air supply system, and vehicle" was invented by Uwe Stabenow (Laatzen, Germany) and Klaus Bredbeck (Landesbergen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air dryer housing includes a desiccant container fillable with desiccant and includes a port device for a compressed-air supply with a compressed-air flow. The port device is configured for connecting the air dryer housing to the compressed-air supply. The port device is connectable pressure-tight to the desiccant container. The port device has, at the des...