US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 11 for "High-pressure tank and method for producing the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,698, issued on March 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"High-pressure tank and method for producing the same" was invented by Akiyoshi Furuzawa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-pressure tank that enables end portions of a first reinforcing layer wound around a body of a liner to sufficiently contribute to the strength of dome portions of the tank. In the high-pressure tank, a reinforcing layer includes the first reinforcing layer that covers the body and a second reinforcing layer that covers the first reinforcing layer and side end portions of the liner. The first reinforcing layer include...