ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,007, issued on April 8, was assigned to NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Activated carbon fiber sheet for motor vehicle canister" was invented by Daisuke Imai (Tokyo), Yoshihide Watanabe (Tokyo), Yuu Takata (Tokyo), Shunsuke Ozawa (Tokyo) and Chie Yoshida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide an adsorbent using activated carbon fiber, the adsorbent being suitable for motor vehicle canisters and enabling reduction in pressure loss.An activated carbon fiber sheet for a motor vehicle canister fulfils the following conditions (1) to (4). (1) The sheet has a specific surface area ranging from 1100 to 2300...