US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Aug. 4 for "Valve structure for hydrogen tank" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,842, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Valve structure for hydrogen tank" was invented by Yuto Suzuki (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The valve structure of the hydrogen tank includes a valve body mounted on a base of the hydrogen tank and having a first communication passage communicating with the inside of the hydrogen tank, and a fusible plug valve mounted on the valve body via a spacer. The spacer has a second communication passage communicating with the first communication passage and a discharge port provided on an outer wall of the spacer. The second communication passage and ...