ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,574, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Hydrogen charging equipment" was invented by Chiaki Kataoka (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen filling device capable of suppressing mixing of water when filling a hydrogen tank with hydrogen. A hydrogen supply unit, a trap tank through which hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen supply unit, a main pipe which is a pipe extending from the trap tank, and a hydrogen supply branch pipe which is a pipe extending from the main pipe to the hydrogen tank, the trap tank includes a container portion, an inlet for flowing hydrogen into the contain...