ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,190, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PHINIA Jersey Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Evaporative emissions canister with liquid-fuel-resistant adsorbent" was invented by Andrzej Kalina (Wieliczka, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporative emissions (fuel vapor) canister is provided. The canister includes a casing defining an internal volume therein, and the casing includes an inlet in fluid communication with the internal volume. The internal volume includes a bed of a first adsorbent material adjacent the inlet, and a bed of a second adsorbent material separated from the inlet by the bed of the first adsorbent material...