US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods for capless refueling system cleaning" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,698, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for capless refueling system cleaning" was invented by Aed Dudar (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for capless refueling system of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include cleaning a capless unit of a capless refueling system by generating vacuum in the capless refueling system and delivering compressed air to the capless unit from an electrical booster of an engine. The compressed air may be delivered to the capless unit via a two-way valve configured to control a flow path ...