US Patent Issued to FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT on Jan. 7 for "Protective device for a pressurized tank" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,188,617, issued on Jan. 7, was assigned to FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT (Nanterre, France).

"Protective device for a pressurized tank" was invented by Ludovic Farines (Audincourt, France), Ludovic Nouvel (Saint Jorioz, France), Jean-Baptiste Maeso (Belfort, France) and Joel Jolicor (Vieux-Charmont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective device for a pressurized gas tank comprises a shell designed to absorb energy in the event of an impact and a mechanical joining interface to mechanically join the shell to the pressurized gas tank."

The patent was filed on Nov. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/994,485.

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