ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,713, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Method for constructing triple-shell tank" was invented by Takanori Komatsu (Kobe, Japan), Masato Terabayashi (Kobe, Japan), Makoto Nakayama (Kobe, Japan), Teruaki Kinoshita (Kobe, Japan) and Yuji Namiki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for constructing a triple shell tank including an inner tank, an intermediate tank, and an outer tank each having a roof and a side plate. According to the construction method, an intermediate tank roof is temporarily fixed onto an inner tank roof to form a connected roof body, a guide side plate having a...