US Patent Issued to Vitesco Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Method and device for pressure-sensor diagnosis in a tank-venting system of a motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,205, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Method and device for pressure-sensor diagnosis in a tank-venting system of a motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine" was invented by Thomas Pichler (Hohenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for pressure sensor diagnosis in a tank venting system of a motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The tank venting system includes an activated carbon filter, a purge line arranged between the activated carbon filter, and an intake tract of the motor vehicle. A tank venting valve i...