US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Method and system for adjusting pressure in a fuel tank" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,607, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method and system for adjusting pressure in a fuel tank" was invented by Aed Dudar (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for diagnosing an evaporative emissions system are discussed. An example method includes diagnosing a venturi pump of an evaporative emissions system based on feedback from an evaporative leak check module (ELCM) pressure sensor and a fuel tank pressure transducer (FTPT). An engine of a vehicle is off during the diagnosing."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/532,672.

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