ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,505, issued on May 12, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).
"Guide tube and hyperloop device including same" was invented by Woo-Yeon Cho (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide tube according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a tube main body member; a rib member arranged in the longitudinal direction of the tube main body member and coupled to the inner surface of the tube main body member; and a rail support member connected to the rib member."
The patent was filed on June 8, 2021, under Application No. 18/008,565.
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