ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,137, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).
"Fuel vapor canister" was invented by Eric Mathes (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Antonio Spadafora (Tecumseh, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporative emission control system (EVAP) canister including a housing, where the housing has a first bed volume, a second bed volume, a load port, and a purge control receptacle. The first bed volume includes a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening. The second bed volume includes a third opening and a fourth opening opposite the third opening. The load port enables fuel vapor from a fuel...