ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,128, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Linamar Corp. (Guelph, Canada).

"On tank manifold valve assembly" was invented by Myrna E. Cashatt (Oxford, Mich.) and Blake Osecki (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A type IV conformable pressure vessel assembly is provided comprising a plurality of elongated folded tanks and an on-tank-valve (OTV) manifold assembly configured to pass fluid into and out of an interior of the plurality of elongated folded tanks through a plurality of first and second filling couplers directly connected to respective first and second ends of the plurality of elongated folded tanks. Each of ...