ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,859, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).
"Fuel tank valve assembly" was invented by Daniel Lee Pifer (Chelsea, Mich.), Abhinav Kumar Sharma (Munger, India) and Chandan Mohapatra (Puri, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly includes a housing having an inner chamber, a float assembly provided within the inner chamber, and an elongated membrane. The inner chamber is provided with a vent orifice in fluid communication with a vent outlet. The float assembly is movable along a longitudinal axis of the housing, and includes an angled platform disposed on an upper surface of the float asse...