ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,530, issued on March 11, was assigned to FUTABA INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Okazaki, Japan).
"Canister" was invented by Kyohei Yamaguchi (Okazaki, Japan), Koji Iwamoto (Okazaki, Japan) and Masaaki Kakuchi (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a canister configured to adsorb and desorb an evaporated fuel originating in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The canister includes an outer case, a coupling port, an inner case, and at least one first protrusion. The outer case includes an inner surface defining an internal space extending in a first direction. The coupling port couples an inside and an outside of the outer case. The in...