ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,966, issued on March 3, was assigned to AM (West Warwick, R.I.).

"Tank connection system and method" was invented by Christopher Kampf (Moosup, Conn.), Alex Spires (Westerville, Ohio), Jody Mckinley (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) and Tim Demos (Wakefield, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a tank including a polymeric upper dome having a neck with a through passage, a polymeric lower dome having a neck with a through passage, a polymeric shell having a first end connected to the upper dome and a second end connected to the lower dome, and a connection attached to each of the upper and lower domes in the through passages of the necks...