ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,428, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY B.V. (Velsen-Noord, Netherlands).
"Tube section for evacuated tube transport system" was invented by Paul Alexander De Vries (Velsen-Noord, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube section for constructing a tube for underpressure applications with an incircle having a diameter of at least 2 m and to an evacuated tube transport system tube produced therefrom."
The patent was filed on Sept. 16, 2020, under Application No. 17/753,892.
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