US Patent Issued to MIKUNI on Oct. 27 for "Vapor separator, method for producing vapor separator, and outboard motor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,070, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vapor separator, method for producing vapor separator, and outboard motor" was invented by Takumi Oikawa (Odawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a vapor separator easily assembled with a fuel pump while suppressing cost increases due to increase in number of parts, and a method for producing the vapor separator. A vapor separator installed in a fuel supply system is provided with: a tank for storing liquid fuel; and a fuel pump disposed in the tank. The tank includes: upper member assembled with an upper portion of the fuel pump; and lower me...