ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,017, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Precision Impacts LLC (Miamisburg, Ohio).

"Method for supplying pressurized refrigerant, and pressurized refrigerant tank" was invented by Adam C. Stone (Miamisburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of filling a tank includes filling the tank with a predetermined amount of a liquid refrigerant under pressure and supplying an inert gas into the tank, such that, after the filling and supplying steps, the total pressure of the contents within the tank at an ambient temperature is at least 95% of the equilibrium vapor pressure of liquid R-134a at the ambient temperature. The total pressur...