ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,047, issued on June 17.
"No emission tank gauge" was invented by Jeff Ray Schunk (Mason, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A no emission tank gauge has a housing having a valve connection extending from a bottom side of the housing, a gauge line within the housing, the gauge line having a plumb bob attached at a free end, a pulley attached within the housing and supporting the gauge line, the pulley configured to allow extension and retraction of the gauge line, and an actuator connected to the pulley and extending exterior to the housing and configured to actuate the extension and retraction of the gauge line via rotation of the ...