US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 29 for "Segmented vacuum jacketed tank system and method of using the same" (California, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,067, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Segmented vacuum jacketed tank system and method of using the same" was invented by Robert E. Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Aaron J. Kutzmann (Long Beach, Calif.) and Nathaniel J. Noel (North Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a segmented vacuum jacketed tank system. The system includes a segmented structurally integrated vacuum tank having a vacuum tank main portion between vacuum tank end portions. The vacuum tank main portion includes a vacuum tank skin having an outer surface and an inner surface, vacuum tank skin segmen...