ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,062, issued on April 1, was assigned to ELAFLEX HIBY GMBH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Fuel nozzle" was invented by Stefan Kunter (Hamburg, Germany), Michael Wehner (Hamburg, Germany), Torben Schorck (Hamburg, Germany) and Wolfgang Artmeier (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dispensing valve for dispensing a fluid, having a housing (13), a main channel (14) which extends therein for the fluid, a main valve which is arranged in the main channel (14) for controlling a fluid throughflow through the dispensing valve, a control device (15) for activating the main valve (20), a component re...