ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,137, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HEAU BV (Bilzen, Belgium).

"Sanitary system for instant hot water" was invented by Philippe Hendrik A. Bijnens (Bilzen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary water storage device configured to store and supply sanitary hot water includes a housing with a first reservoir and a second reservoir. A volume of the first reservoir and a volume of the second reservoir are modifiable proportionally to each other. A water distributing means includes an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, which first outlet is in liquid connection with the first reservoir and the second outlet is in ...