ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,555, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (Brussels).

"Fuel storage device comprising a device for managing gases from a canister" was invented by Dominique Madoux (Brussels) and Changwook Shin (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel storage device for a motor vehicle that includes a fuel tank, a canister fluidically connected to the fuel tank, at least one separation unit configured to receive the mixture of air and hydrocarbon vapors from the canister and to separate said mixture into a hydrocarbon-rich fraction and a hydrocarbon-poor fraction, the hydrocarbon-rich fraction being ...