ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,950, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Gas tank and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Kei Kato (Nagakute, Japan) and Yuki Kai (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas tank includes: a liner including a tubular body portion having a central axis and a dome portion being located at each of two ends of the body portion; and a reinforcing layer covering the outer periphery of the liner. The reinforcing layer includes at least one a first fiber layer. The first fiber layer includes, on an outer periphery of the body portion, a first reinforcing portion and a second reinfor...