ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,571, issued on June 24, was assigned to ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD. (Lod, Israel).
"Fuel tank" was invented by Herman Leibovich (Rehovot, Israel), Liron Yechiel (Kfar Shmuel, Israel), Rachel Blaut (Kfar Haroeh, Israel), Enbal Luster (Shoham, Israel), Ofir Katz (Shoham, Israel) and Eilon Rubin (Raanana, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a fuel-impermeable structural unit for use as a structural element of a fuel tank, including a multi-plies structure made of one or more composite material and polymers, and, a sealing polymeric film structurally bonded to and coating the entire surface of at le...