US Patent Issued to MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik on March 31 for "Cryogenic tank device with heat exchanger" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,675, issued on March 31, was assigned to MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG (Graz, Austria).

"Cryogenic tank device with heat exchanger" was invented by Daniel Hammer (Graz, Austria), Claudio Kotnig (Nestelbach, Austria) and Martin Stubenrauch (Wundschuh, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic tank apparatus includes an inner container for holding a cryogenic medium, an outer housing surrounding the inner container, an insulation space disposed between the inner container and the outer housing, and at least one heat exchanger. The at least one heat exchanger includes at least one cold flow line through which flows ...