US Patent Issued to Noble Gas Systems on Oct. 27 for "Pressure vessel end fitting retention" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,781, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Noble Gas Systems Inc. (Wixom, Mich.).

"Pressure vessel end fitting retention" was invented by Christopher T. Kondogiani (Novi, Mich.) and Mallory Marie Barrett (Milford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure vessel assembly includes one or more pressure elements configured to store compressed gas and an end fitting that extends from an internal cavity of the one or more pressure elements. The pressure vessel assembly includes a retention component configured to sustain engagement of the end fitting with at least one of the pressure elements below a predetermined pressure threshold. T...