US Patent Issued to Gaztransport Et Technigaz on Feb. 10 for "Guiding structure for a tower for loading/unloading a tank intended for storing and/or transporting liquefied gas" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,442, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Gaztransport Et Technigaz (Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France).

"Guiding structure for a tower for loading/unloading a tank intended for storing and/or transporting liquefied gas" was invented by Erwan Michaut (Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France) and Fabien Pesquet (Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank for transporting and/or storing a liquefied gas includes: a load-bearing structure, a plurality of walls each including, in a thickness direction of the wall, a thermally insulating layer resting against the load-bearing structure and a sealing membrane resting again...