US Patent Issued to MARATHON PETROLEUM on Aug. 12 for "Exhaust handling systems for marine vessels and related methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,508, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Exhaust handling systems for marine vessels and related methods" was invented by Stephen Daniel Ernst (Findlay, Ohio) and James A. Tomlinson (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of an exhaust handling system for a marine vessel includes a cap connected to a top end portion of an exhaust stack of the marine vessel to form an enclosure at least partially surrounding an outlet of an exhaust pipe extending through the exhaust stack. In addition, the exhaust handling system includes a collection pipe in fluid communication with t...