[May 14, 2013] Veeder-Root Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Veeder-Root, Simsbury, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,435,334) developed by Robert P. Hart, East Hampton, Conn., and Kent Reid, Canton, Conn., for a "fuel storage tank pressure management system including a carbon canister." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A carbon canister for use with a fuel storage system having a fuel storage tank and a vent line connected thereto. The carbon canister includes an inner container having a first end and a second end, an outer container having a first end and a second end, the outer container being disposed about an outer surface of the inner container such that the outer container and the inner container are concentric. A first end plate is disposed at the first end of the inner container and the first end of the outer container and a second end plate is disposed at the second end of the inner container and the second end of the outer container, such that a first volume is defined by the inner container, the outer container, the first end plate and the second end plate, and hydrocarbon adsorbing activated carbon disposed in the first volume. The vent line of the fuel storage tank is external to the carbon canister and the first volume of the carbon canister is in fluid communication with the fuel storage tank." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (12/570,316). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,435,334&OS=8,435,334&RS=8,435,334 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. AS0514AK0514-876923 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]