ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,091, issued on March 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Mounting structure of tank" was invented by Akihiko Ohba (Toyota, Japan), Shinnosuke Sako (Toyota, Japan) and Shusuke Inagi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The discharge direction when the gas in the high-pressure tank is released by the opening of the plug, the high-pressure tank is arranged so as not to overlap with the position of the plug of the other adjacent high-pressure tank, or one end side of the band for fixing the high-pressure tank to the frame is a first connecting portion fixed to the frame via an elastic body, in the adjacent...