ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,919, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and YACHIYO INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Sayama, Japan).

"High-pressure tank liner, high-pressure tank liner manufacturing method and high-pressure tank" was invented by Takaharu Sato (Tokyo) and Mikio Ishiyama (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-pressure tank liner includes a body portion formed from a cylindrical body, a diameter-expanded part formed into a cylindrical body at the body portion with a larger diameter than an outside diameter of a general part of the body portion, and a staircase portion including stairs and formed at a stepped portion between...