ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,936, issued on May 12, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Pressure container system for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle and method for interrupting a fluid connection" was invented by Ulrich Heidenreich (Munich), Richard Krueger (Irschenhausen/Icking, Germany) and Leander Koegl (Vagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressurized container system for a motor vehicle includes a pressurized container configured to store a fuel, wherein the pressurized container system has a shut-off valve which is configured to interrupt, in a currentless state, a fluid connection between the pressurized container and at least...