ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,596, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Generator" was invented by Yoshihiro Matsunaga (Wako, Japan) and Kohei Kawano (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator that suppresses leakage of a liquid fuel. The generator includes a fuel tank that stores the liquid fuel. The fuel tank has a fuel inlet and a breather path formed of a pipe member communicating between an inside and an outside of the fuel tank. An isolated body forms an isolated space that is isolated from an internal space of the fuel tank is provided inside the fuel tank. The isolated body is provided with a breather room and a ch...