ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,669, issued on May 13, was assigned to YACHIYO INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Fuel tank" was invented by Kazunari Nakaya (Tochigi, Japan) and Masaki Aono (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel tank including a built-in component is provided. The built-in component includes: a carrier part being a rigid body including a plurality of engaging parts, and a plurality of struts each including an engageable part to be engaged with one of the engaging parts. The engageable part of the strut includes an upper contact surface and a lower contact surface, which are formed spaced apart from each other in a height direction....