ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,214, issued on March 18, was assigned to NEARSHORE NATURAL GAS LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Compressed natural gas storage and transportation system" was invented by Pedro T. Santos (Mountain View, Calif.) and David I. Scott (Frankfort, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for storing and transporting compressed natural gas includes source and destination facilities and a vehicle, each of which includes pressure vessels. The pressure vessels and gas therein may be maintained in a cold state by a carbon-dioxide-based refrigeration unit. Hydraulic fluid (and/or nitrogen) ballast may be used to fill the pressure vessels as the...