ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,327, issued on July 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Gas tank and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Yuki Kai (Nagoya, Japan) and Osamu Sawai (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas tank comprises: a liner including a cylindrical body part, and a dome part, provided at each opposite ends of the body part; and a reinforcing layer covering an outer periphery of the liner. The reinforcing layer includes: at least one first fiber layer including a first reinforced section provided on an outer periphery of the body part, the first reinforced section being formed by winding fibers in suc...