ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,045, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Biodiesel conversion kit for an FDL engine" was invented by Scott Snyder (Valencia, Pa.) and Dennis Shea (Slippery Rock, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biodiesel conversion kit is provided for a diesel engine. The biodiesel conversion kit may include a plurality of soft fuel lines with a Teflon inner sleeve, the plurality of soft fuel lines configured to couple a fuel reservoir to a series of unitized fuel injection assemblies. The biodiesel conversion kit may also include a first hard fuel line comprising a first bend angle configured to ...