US Patent Issued to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES on May 12 for "Flexible fluid connection for evaporative emissions system" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,674, issued on May 12, was assigned to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES INC. (Novi, Mich.).

"Flexible fluid connection for evaporative emissions system" was invented by Mark William Peters (Wolverine Lake, Mich.) and Robert James Steinman (Lexington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leak detection module (LDM) includes a housing that provides a cavity that is enclosed by a wall that has a hole. A valve is arranged within the housing and in fluid communication along a passage that extends between first and second ports on the LDM, the valve is movable between open and closed positions. A pump is arranged within the housing and in fluid ...