ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,750, issued on June 2, was assigned to HYDAC ACCESSORIES GMBH (Sulzbach/Saar, Germany).

"Device for indicating a fluid level" was invented by Martin Schmitt (Knopp-Labach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for indicating a fluid level in a storage tank, which device can be connected to the storage tank by means of two fluid connections vertically spaced apart from each other, the device consisting of three components which can be clipped to each other, in the form of: -a base part (12) for fastening to the storage tank: -a housing part (14) for indicating a fluid level (16) corresponding to the c...