ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,139, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ZHEJIANG WEITAI AUTOMOBILE PARTS Co. LTD. (Huzhou, China).

"Fuel filter element" was invented by Jianbin Cheng (Huzhou, China), Yu Zhang (Huzhou, China), Qinglin Deng (Huzhou, China) and Xiaowei Ying (Huzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to the field of fuel filter components of internal combustion engines, and discloses a fuel filter element, including a filter element main body and a protective cover. A fuel return column extends from an upper end surface of the filter element main body. The protective cover is formed with a U-shaped groove adapted to t...