ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,517, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"High-pressure gas tank" was invented by Yuki Fujie (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Takeshi Ishikawa (Toyokawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-pressure gas tank includes: a tank body including a body portion and a dome portion disposed on one side of the body portion in the axial direction; a cap having a shaft portion extending from a central portion of the dome portion along the axial direction and a through-hole through which the gas flows through the shaft portion; and a protective member that includes a protective portion covering the dome portion aroun...