ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,657, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to 1340126 Ontario Inc. (Markham, Canada).

"Fuel pump hanger assembly" was invented by Jack Levinson (Onrtario, Canada) and Rajan Thiru (Ontario, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel pump hanger assembly configured to fit two fuel pumps into the small opening of a fuel tank, even if the diameter of both fuel pumps combined is larger than the opening of the fuel tank. The fuel pumps may be inserted into the fuel tank one at a time, then assembled together through the small opening of the fuel tank. The parts self-locate inside the fuel tank and the assembly held together with bolts. This self...