ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,955, issued on June 24, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Triple containment tank" was invented by Akira Umeda (Kobe, Japan), Takeshi Egami (Kobe, Japan), Takahiro Yamaguchi (Kobe, Japan) and Takahiro Sato (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A triple containment tank includes: a tank foundation; a triple shell including an outer tank, an intermediate tank, and an inner tank; a first anchor strap extending through a first inter-tank region and a second inter-tank region and coupling an inner tank side plate and the tank foundation; and a second anchor strap extending through the second inter-tank region and...