ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,571, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Dual gas trailer with sliding piston" was invented by Zachary J. Wilks (Spring, Texas) and Mitchel R. Deckard (Montgomery, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a dual gas transport system includes a trailer, one or more tanks mounted on the trailer, wherein each of the one or more tanks includes a first compartment and a second compartment, the first and second compartments being separated from each other by a sliding piston, and an electronic control module configured to control operations of the one or more tanks."

The patent was fil...