ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,876, issued on July 8, was assigned to TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH (Rastatt, Germany).
"Fuel tank with stiffening device" was invented by Albert J. Boecker (Ettlingen, Germany), Dennis Schwager (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Gerrit Michaelis (Durmersheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a fuel tank including a tank wall which has at least two wall sections opposite one another and a stiffening device situated between the two opposite wall sections. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing such a fuel tank. According to the invention, it is provided that the stiffening device incl...