US Patent Issued to Whitecap Industries on March 24 for "Combined fuel level sending unit and fuel fill limit vent valve" (Minnesota, New Jersey, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,313, issued on March 24, was assigned to Whitecap Industries Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Combined fuel level sending unit and fuel fill limit vent valve" was invented by Christopher Brown (Jupiter, Fla.), Todd Moore (St. Paul, Minn.) and Christopher E. Tomao (Robbinsville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined fuel level sending unit and fuel fill limit vent valve configured for use with a fuel tank is disclosed including a sending unit rod having a first end and a second end defining a length and a plurality of sensors disposed along its length mounted to a valve body which includes a first valve port, including a receptacle...