ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,518, issued on May 5, was assigned to Voith HySTech GmbH (Garching, Germany).
"Cap for a pressure tank, and pressure tank for a gas-powered vehicle" was invented by Hartmut Frenz (Donzdorf, Germany), Lukas Wessels (Aying, Germany), Mark Bleischwitz (Munich) and Thomas Lanzl (Wald, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boss for a pressure tank for storing gas in a gas-powered vehicle. The boss is configured for attachment to a wall of the pressure tank enclosing a cavity for storing the gas. The wall has a reinforcement layer made of fiber-reinforced plastic and an inner liner for sealing. The boss has an external thread, which can b...