ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,922, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Device for supplying cryogenic fluid and installation for filling tanks" was invented by Yan Pennec (Sassenage, France), Cyril Benistand-Hector (Sassenage, France), Loic Brunet Manquat (Sassenage, France) and Wassim Ouakrim (Sassenage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for supplying pressurized cryogenic fluid having a thermally insulated container consisting of an inner tank for cryogenic liquid to be pumped, for example hydrogen, and an outer tank delimiting a...