US Patent Issued to PHINIA Jersey Holdings on Sept. 15 for "Two-stage fuel tank isolation valve with integrated pressure relief" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,018, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to PHINIA Jersey Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Two-stage fuel tank isolation valve with integrated pressure relief" was invented by Alejandro Moreno (El Paso, Texas) and Aldo Darien Venegas Carrillo (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel tank isolation valve is provided. The valve includes a valve member disposed within a valve chamber defined by a housing. The valve member is mounted on an alignment pin of a moveable plunger of a solenoid assembly. The valve member includes a first stage valve surface and an opposite second stage valve surface. In a closed disposition,...