ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,449, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and KOJIMA INDUSTRIES Corp. (Toyota, Japan).
"Pressure tank unit" was invented by Yuki Fujie (Toyota, Japan), Naoki Ueda (Toyota, Japan), Ryosuke Niwa (Toyota, Japan), Yusuke Fujii (Toyota, Japan) and Koji Ando (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure tank unit may include: a tank including a container space which contains compressed gas; and a plurality of protectors bonded to a surface of the tank, wherein the tank may include: a body part having a cylindrical shape; and a dome part provided at an end of the body part and having a hemispheri...