ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,281, issued on June 3.
"Catch can system and method" was invented by Joe Mainiero (Lake Worth, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil and air separator includes a lower housing defining in part a chamber within which oil may collect; an upper housing including a lower end threadingly engaged to an upper end of the lower housing; and a filter assembly threadingly engaged to the upper housing; wherein a lower portion of the filter assembly is disposed within the chamber when the filter assembly is threadingly engaged to the upper housing and the upper housing is threadingly engaged to the lower housing; wherein the filter assembly i...