ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,835, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MARKDOM INTERNATIONAL INC. (Toronto).

"Injection molded vehicle compartment pressure relief valve" was invented by Changize Sadr (Toronto) and Bosco Wei Ming Chan (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure relief valve apparatus for a vehicle compartment includes (a) a housing having an injection molded frame for mounting in an aperture in a vehicle panel, the frame having at least one flow opening extending therethrough; and (b) at least one injection molded flap, each flap having a flap connection portion joined to the frame adjacent an upper edge of a respective flow openin...