ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,237, issued on May 12, was assigned to SATA GmbH & Co. KG (Kornwestheim, Germany).

"Fluid reservoir for a spray gun with a ventilation device" was invented by Peter Dettlaff (Remseck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid reservoir for a spray gun, which fluid reservoir has a material outlet which is configured for the direct and/or indirect connection to a spray gun. The fluid reservoir has a ventilation device, via which air can flow into the fluid reservoir in order to ensure a pressure compensation when coating material flows out from the fluid reservoir via the material outlet. Advantageously, the ventilation device incl...