ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,867, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France) and CETIM (Centre Technique des Industries Mecaniques) (Senlis, France).

"Tank comprising inner and outer enclosures and at least one tubular interface in two parts passing through the inner and outer enclosures" was invented by Nicolas Toureille (Toulouse, France), Chloe Mesic (Toulouse, France), Laure Moretti (Toulouse, France) and Denis Espinassou (Bouguenais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank comprising an outer enclosure, an inner enclosure positioned in the outer enclosure and at least one tubular interface passing through the outer and in...