US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 10 for "System and method of controlling the deflections of a pressure tank mounted within a vacuum tank" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,529, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method of controlling the deflections of a pressure tank mounted within a vacuum tank" was invented by Robert E. Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank system includes a vacuum tank and a pressure tank. The vacuum tank has a vacuum tank main portion extending between vacuum tank end portions. The pressure tank is mounted within the vacuum tank, and has a pressure tank main portion extending between pressure tank end portions. The tank system includes a deflection control system comprising at least one elongate support...