ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,525, issued on May 5, was assigned to Voith Hystech GmbH (Garching, Germany).
"Pressure tank for gas-operated vehicle" was invented by Mark Bleischwitz (Munich), Thomas Lanzl (Wald, Germany), Jurgen Bruhler (Unterschleissheim, Germany) and Gordej Klein (Marzling, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure tank for storing gas, for mounting in a gas-operated vehicle. The pressure tank has a rotationally symmetrical, elongate shape which is cylindrical in the central region and is closed at both ends by curved polar caps, and a wall which surrounds a hollow space for storing the gas. At each of the polar caps, the pressure tank ha...