ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,061, issued on March 17, was assigned to Gaztransport Et Technigaz (Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France).
"Sealed and thermally insulating tank" was invented by Erwan Michaut (Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France) and Emmanuel Hivert (Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed and thermally insulating tank has a bottom wall and a ceiling wall where at least a first pipe and a second pipe pass through the ceiling wall. The tank is equipped with a support foot that passes through the bottom wall that is fastened to the load-bearing structure with a guide device that is fastened to the support foot. The guide dev...