ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,429, issued on June 2, was assigned to STONERIDGE ASIA PACIFIC ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Evaporative emissions leak check module with VOC measurement" was invented by Xiao Wu Gao (Jiangsu, China), Wen Tao Jiang (Jiangsu, China) and Yao Yu (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leak detection module may include a housing and a canister valve solenoid (CVS) arranged within the housing and in fluid communication along a first fluid passageway between canister and atmospheric ports. The leak detection module may include a second fluid passageway in parallel with the first fluid passageway and fluidly conne...