ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,783, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Tank and method of recycling reinforcing fiber" was invented by Yusuke Numata (Toyota, Japan), Takuya Sukeda (Toyota, Japan), Daisuke Sakuma (Toyota, Japan) and Hiroyuki Ishii (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment is a tank having a liner and a first protective layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner and configured such that a resin-impregnated fiber bundle including a reinforcing fiber bundle and a first matrix resin is wound around the liner, wherein the resin-impregnated fiber bundle has a folded portion fi...