ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,960, issued on May 13, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Flow assist vent mast" was invented by Leonard E. Klebanoff (Dublin, Calif.) and Myra L. Blaylock (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venting system includes a vent valve in an opening of a storage tank, a carrier gas source for supplying a carrier gas, and a Vent Mast that has a Vent Mast outlet. The Vent Mast has a vent tube and a carrier gas tube. The vent tube extends from a proximal end connected to an outlet of the vent valve to a distal end in the Vent Mast outlet. The carrier gas tube extends ...