US Patent Issued to L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE, COVESS on Aug. 5 for "Method for producing a composite cylindrical tank and composite tank produced by this method" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,620, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE (Paris) and COVESS NV (Hasselt, Belgium).

"Method for producing a composite cylindrical tank and composite tank produced by this method" was invented by Philippe Papin (Jouy-en-Josas, France) and Tony Vanswijgenhoven (Hasselt, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a fibre composite cylindrical tank for containing a fluid, includes assembling a reusable and removable tool kit; applying an end fitting to the tool kit, the end fitting having an opening large enough for removing the tool k...