ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,640, issued on July 15, was assigned to JETZERO INC. (Long Beach, Calif.).
"Aircraft with a multi-walled fuel tank and a method of manufacturing" was invented by Ronald Tatsuji Kawai (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Blaine Knight Rawdon (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft with a multi-walled fuel tank and method of manufacturing is presented. The aircraft includes a blended wing body and a fuel tank attached to the blended wing body configured to store liquified gas fuel. The fuel tank includes an inner wall, outer wall, and interstitial volume in between that is filled with insulation. The interstitial vo...