US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Aug. 5 for "Pressure vessel and method of manufacturing pressure vessel" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,074, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pressure vessel and method of manufacturing pressure vessel" was invented by Cheol Hwan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure vessel includes a vessel part including a liner and a fiber-reinforced layer formed to surround an outer surface of the liner, and a nozzle part provided at an end of the vessel part, wherein the nozzle part includes a nipple having at least a portion inserted into the liner, and an inner sleeve inserted between the outer surface of the liner and an inner surface...