ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,862, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FUEL AUTOMATION STATION LLC (Birmingham, Mich.).

"Mobile distribution station with fail-safes" was invented by Ricky Dean Shock (Victoria, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution station includes a pump, a manifold, hoses fluidly connected with the manifold, valves situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the hoses, fluid level sensors each associated with a respective different one of the hoses, sensor communication lines each connected with a respective different one of the fluid level sensors, and connectors connected with the sensor communication lines. ...