ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,281, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Reservoir tank comprising a shell and at least one end wall that are joined together so as to limit the deformations of said end wall" was invented by Vincent Foix (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank comprising a shell having an edge face connecting first and second inner lateral surfaces of first and second portions, at least one end wall, positioned at the first portion of the shell, which has a central part in the shape of a dome, a peripheral sleeve positioned around the central part and a junction zone connecting the central pa...