ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,698, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Fluid vessel assembly with welded connection" was invented by Xavier Carbonell Mate (Valls, Spain), Jordi Claramunt Blanco (Valls, Spain) and Jose Antonio Cubero Pitel (Valls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid vessel assembly is provided with a first vessel body with a first mating surface with a first plurality of generally planar nonparallel regions. The first vessel body forms a first portion of a fluid cavity. A second vessel body is provided with a second mating surface with a second plurality of generally planar nonparallel regions sized to enga...