ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,812, issued on May 20, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Tank device for storing a gaseous medium" was invented by Udo Schaich (Stuttgart, Germany), Andreas Rau (Stuttgart, Germany), Marco Stieber (Vaihingen An der Enz, Germany) and Thomas Schwarz (Schorndorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a tank device (1) for storing a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a valve device (2), and a tank (10) and having a longitudinal axis (11). The valve device (2) has a valve housing (20), which is equipped with a pilot valve element (18) that can be moved along the longitudinal...