US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 10 for "High-pressure tank" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,224, issued on June 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"High-pressure tank" was invented by Chiaki Kataoka (Nagakute, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The high pressure tank includes a tank body, a valve, and a handle unit. The valve includes a first body provided with a first housing hole and a first communication hole communicating with the first communication hole, a second body provided with a second communication hole communicating with the first housing hole and a second housing hole communicating with the second communication hole, a connector portion provided with a through hole communicating with th...