ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,519, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Tank" was invented by Youjirou Iriyama (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tank has a liner configured by joining a plurality of liner components, each of which is at least partially cylindrical, and a reinforcing layer arranged on the outer circumference of the liner. The plurality of liner components includes a first liner component having a first joint portion and a second liner component having a second joint portion. The first joint portion has a plurality of resin layers, and the bottom layer of the first joint portion is a heat-sealable lay...