ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,900, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"In-vehicle fuel tank device and utility vehicle" was invented by Yusuke Endo (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle fuel tank device includes an engine; a main tank including a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion; and a fuel pump configured to supply fuel to the engine. The bottom portion includes a first area and a second area, at least a portion of the first area having an inclined surface, at least a portion of the second area being depressed to serve as a sub tank configured to receive and store fuel having flown along the incl...