ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,282, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Tank for a liquid-filled shell transformer or shell reactor" was invented by Miguel Aguirre (Cordova, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank for a liquid-filled shell transformer or shell reactor is provided. The tank includes: a lower tank portion, and an upper tank portion comprising an inner tank portion with inner sidewalls and an outer tank portion with outer sidewalls arranged radially outwardly with respect to the inner sidewalls. The lower tank portion and the inner tank portion are joined together along a substantially horizontal first pe...