US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 1 for "Molded tanks formed of multiple materials" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,911, issued on July 1, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Molded tanks formed of multiple materials" was invented by Adrian Carpinisan (Milton, Canada) and Toni A. Rosa (Clarkston, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a molded tank configured to hold fluid in a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes providing a tank shell having a first material and creating a composite shell using a skeleton structure having a second material onto the tank shell, the second material different than the first material. The second material has a maximum operating temperature that is greater than a maxi...