US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Nov. 18 for "Filler neck of a water tank of a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,905, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Filler neck of a water tank of a motor vehicle" was invented by Lukas Kuhn (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filler neck of a water tank of a motor vehicle includes a nozzle element having a filling opening, a drain opening, a drain cylinder arranged at the drain opening, and a vent opening is provided for venting the water tank. The drain cylinder is in operative connection with the water tank. The filling opening is surrounded by a funnel edge of the nozzle element, which is configured to receive a cover. The nozzle element includes a...