ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,829, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Plug Power Inc. (Slingerlands, N.Y.).
"Boil-off shielded coupling for hydrogen tank filling" was invented by Sean Dimmer (Latham, N.Y.), Patrick Adam (Latham, N.Y.) and Ian Richardson (Latham, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen fuel coupling system may include a hydrogen fuel tank and a hydrogen fuel supply connector. The tank has a first connector, and a second connector disposed around the first connector. The second connector has a boil-off inlet port for receiving gaseous hydrogen from the tank. The hydrogen fuel supply connector may include a hydrogen fuel transfer line, a third ...