ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,970, issued on March 3, was assigned to PLASTIC OMNIUM NEW ENERGIES FRANCE (Lyons, France).

"Safety device for a tank intended to contain a pressurized gas" was invented by Yann Sinault (Brussels), Christian Bopwa Muntu (Brussels) and Claude Mesjasz (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device includes a ventilation channel to establish fluid communication between an Internal volume defined by a tank and the outside of the tank; a first safety member which is deformable and that keeps a safety piston in the closure position against an elastic force returning the safety piston to the safety position, structure for deformin...