ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,603, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Fuel supply device" was invented by Yuki Suzuki (Kariya, Japan) and Tomihisa Tsuchiya (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel supply device includes a fuel tank, a delivery pipe in which gas fuel to be supplied to a fuel injection valve is stored, a supply passage through which the fuel gas supplied from the fuel tank to the delivery pipe flows, a shut-off valve provided in the supply passage, an oil supply device that supplies oil to a downstream portion of the supply passage, and a controller. The controller executes an oil supply process durin...