ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,948, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Durr Somac GmbH (Stollberg, Germany).

"Device for filling a non-vacuum-resistant system by means of vacuum pressure filling" was invented by Dany Dietel (Oederan, Germany), Uwe Staffa (St. Egidien, Germany), Stefan Rumbke (Chemnitz, Germany) and Michael Rathe (Beierfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for filling an assembly of a non-vacuum-resistant system with a service fluid. The problem addressed by the invention is that of providing a device by means of which such non-vacuum-resistant systems can be filled air-free by means of vacuum pressure filli...