ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,122, issued on June 3, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Sensor cap for charge port" was invented by Patty Flynn (El Paso, Texas), Eric Kesler (Northville, Mich.) and Daniel Ratkos (Ferndale, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor cap configured for removable coupling to a charge port includes a body having a flow path including a sensor chamber formed therein. A surface of the body is configured to engage a valve body of a valve assembly disposed within an opening of the charge port during axial insertion of a first portion of the body into the opening to cause the valve body to disengage from a valve seat...