ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,299, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Electrical device having a tank with a convex bulging portion" was invented by Jens Hoppe (Schwarzenbruck, Germany), Karsten Loppach (Nuremberg, Germany), Christian Reichert (Nuremberg, Germany), Thomas Wende (Burgthann, Germany) and Bilen Ozen (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device for connection to a high-voltage system has a tank filled with insulating fluid. The tank has at least one side wall forming a planar wall portion and a radially outwardly curved bulging/convex portion, which increases the interior volum...