US Patent Issued to Gaztransport Et Technigaz on March 31 for "Thermally insulating sealed tank comprising a reinforcing insulating plug" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,674, issued on March 31, was assigned to Gaztransport Et Technigaz (Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France).

"Thermally insulating sealed tank comprising a reinforcing insulating plug" was invented by Mickael Herry (Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France) and Antoine Philippe (Saint Remy les Chevreuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing fluid has a wall including a supporting structure, a primary thermal insulation barrier and a primary sealing membrane lying against the primary thermal insulation barrier, contacting the stored fluid. The primary thermal insulation barrier includes a primary...