ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,426, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Fuel tank" was invented by Hiroshi Takenaka (Tokyo), Daisuke Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Yasuo Shinde (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel tank includes: a fuel tank main body that stores fuel; and an oil filler port, in which an opening that penetrates the fuel tank main body is provided, a plate member that closes the opening is welded to the fuel tank main body, a strength of the plate member is higher than a strength of the fuel tank main body, and the oil filler port is provided in the plate member."
The patent was filed on June 10, 2021, under Application...