ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,609, issued on July 21, was assigned to ELAFLEX HIBY GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).
"Filling nozzle" was invented by Lasse Schulz-Hildebrandt (Hamburg, Germany) and Matthias Fedde (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filling nozzle for delivering a fluid, comprising an inlet (13) for connection of a fluid feed line, an outlet (14), a main conduit (15) connecting the inlet to the outlet, a main valve device (16) for controlling a flow of fluid through the main conduit (15), a control lever (17) for actuating the main valve device (16), an automatic safety shut-off designed to move the main valve device (16) to a closed ...