ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,328, issued on July 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Hydrogen storage apparatus" was invented by Masashi Nakamura (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen storage apparatus of a vehicle driven by a fuel cell comprising hydrogen storage tank holding apparatuses 8, 9 having pluralities of hydrogen storage tank insert parts 10. When the replaceable hydrogen storage tank 20 is inserted into the hydrogen storage tank insert part 10, the hydrogen outflow part 28 of the hydrogen storage tank 20 is coupled with the hydrogen inflow part 23 connected to the fuel cell 40. The grippable handle 24 is formed ...