ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,789, issued on May 12, was assigned to MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GesmbH (Sinabelkirchen, Austria).

"Thermally insulated transfer line" was invented by Claudio Kotnig (Nestelbach, Austria) and Rainer Puchleitner (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally insulated transfer line for a deep-cooled fluid. The thermally insulated transfer line includes a process line for conduction of the deep-cooled fluid, an insulation envelope lying radially outside the process line and extending in a longitudinal direction of the process line, and an insulation space between the process line and the insulation envelope. The process li...