ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,909, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Rochling Automotive SE (Mannheim, Germany).

"Distribution line component and distributor assembly modularly formed therewith" was invented by Stefano Dalpez (Male (TN), Italy), Alessandro Iviglia (Tesimo (BZ), Italy), Fabrizio Chini (Isera (TN), Italy), Matteo Guindani (Cremona (CR), Italy) and Elia Mulas (Cavedine (TN), Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution line component for a motor vehicle, including a line housing having a first line opening and having a second line opening, the first and the second line openings being connected to each other in fluid-conducting fashion by a lin...