ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,052, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Durr Somac GmbH (Stollberg, Germany).

"Quick-change device for a filling adapter" was invented by Frank Wieland (Burkhardtsdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a quick-change device for a filling adapter for filling vehicles on assembly lines in the automotive industry, on which circuits and containers of the vehicles are filled with operating materials which, starting from a filling system, are fed into the respective circuits and containers via hose assemblies with pneumatic and hydraulic lines and a filling adapter, wherein a separate connection plate is arr...