ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,503, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).
"Hybrid pressure vessel" was invented by Vilmar da Silva do Vale (Sao Paulo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed invention comprises one or more hybrid metal-composite pressure vessels e.g., 1 (FIG. 1) or 100,200 (FIG. 2), designed for deep water application of radiation sensitive equipment, where the hybrid pressure vessels comprise a combination of metals and non-metals. A source of radiation may be disposed in one of the two hybrid metal-composite pressure vessels and a radiation detector disposes in the other hybrid metal-composite pressure ...