ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,733, issued on April 21, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Nozzle for applying an adhesive material, application device for applying an adhesive material, method for applying an adhesive material, and component for a vehicle" was invented by Oezkan Ay (Munich) and Klaus Daiker (Unterschleissheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle for applying a bead of material onto a component or a substrate. A nozzle body has a wall that defines a nozzle duct between a first end and a second end. A first nozzle discharge opening is formed at the second end and connected to the nozzle duct. A second nozzle dischar...