ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,619, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Tatsuno Corp. (Tokyo).
"Filling nozzle" was invented by Kento Omori (Tokyo), Tatsuya Okumura (Tokyo) and Akihiro Matsumoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filling nozzle includes a pipe joint body provided at a tip of a filling hose and connected to a receptacle on a side to be filled; a clutch that extends on an outside of the pipe joint body in a connection direction in which the pipe joint body and the receptacle are connected and engages with the receptacle; a lever that extends on an outside of the clutch in the connection direction and restricts a movement of the clutch in the con...