US Patent Issued to FLEXCON INDUSTRIES on May 27 for "Hydro-pneumatic pressure vessel and diaphragm assembly method" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,090, issued on May 27, was assigned to FLEXCON INDUSTRIES INC. (Randolph, Mass.).

"Hydro-pneumatic pressure vessel and diaphragm assembly method" was invented by Thomas G. Carter (New Bern, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expansion tank for at least temporarily storing a pumped liquid under pressure, the including a thin wailed outer shell and a diaphragm located internally of the tank, and sealingly secured to the inner surface of the shell of the tank to divide the internal volume of the tank into a fluid-tight section for holding a gas under pressure and a fluid-tight section for holding a liquid under pressure. The diaphra...