ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,556, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GmbH Werk Schwabisch Gmund (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany).
"Fuel tank with filler neck" was invented by Benjamin Makelke (Bargau, Germany), Harry Wiese (Moegglingen, Germany) and Steffen Zanek (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel tank for a motor vehicle. The fuel tank includes a tank having an external casing having an opening and a forming zone in a region about the opening, the forming zone having a first forming zone region that is deformed in comparison to a shape of the external casing surrounding the forming zone and a second forming zo...