ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,358, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BRITA SE (Taunusstein, Germany).

"Method for avoiding critical operating conditions of a liquid tank device and liquid tank device" was invented by Johann Heger (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Oliver Machui (Bad Homburg, Germany) and Michael Bubinger (Wiesbaden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid tank device comprises a tank housing for storing a liquid within a tank volume inside of the tank housing, whereby the tank housing comprises at least one conduit opening that can be connected in a liquid-tight manner to at least one conduit for the liquid such that the liquid can be supplie...