ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,801, issued on May 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Hydrogen cartridge and gas supply system" was invented by Chiaki Kataoka (Nagakute, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a tank equipped with a container body to store hydrogen gas, a self-closing valve provided in the container body and configured to start and stop discharging the hydrogen gas by opening and closing, a fusible plug provided in the container body and configured to open when a predetermined temperature is reached to release the gas in the tank, and a member that delays heat transfer to the self-closing valve later than to the conta...