ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,531, issued on March 11, was assigned to FUTABA INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Okazaki, Japan).
"Canister" was invented by Koji Iwamoto (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canister includes at least one chamber in which an adsorbent to adsorb fuel vapor is arranged, an inflow port, an atmosphere port, an outflow port, and an adsorbent agglomerate. The adsorbent agglomerate is arranged in a specific chamber. The adsorbent agglomerate is a mass of a fibrous adsorbent. The specific chamber is one of the at least one chamber. The adsorbent agglomerate includes, on its outer surface, first and second surfaces intersecting with a flow ...