US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for managing hydrocarbon emissions" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,385, issued on Dec. 2.

"Systems and methods for managing hydrocarbon emissions" was invented by Stevie Horton Smith (Galveston, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing the release of hydrocarbons intermittently or continuously emitted from a hydrocarbon source into the atmosphere includes a hydrocarbon supply conduit configured to receive the emitted hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon source. In addition, the system includes an air supply conduit configured to receive air from an air source. Further, the system includes an aspirator fluidly coupled to the air supply conduit and the hydrocarbon supply conduit. The asp...