ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,959, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Marshall Excelsior Co. (Marshall, Mich.).

"Fuel delivery system having a hose end valve" was invented by Jonathan W. Sanders (Portage, Mich.), Jeffrey A. Brown (Laingsburg, Mich.) and James C. Zuck (Marshall, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel delivery system and method for controlling a fuel delivery system includes a fuel control device including a valve and an electronic sensor assembly integrated to the fuel control device and is arranged to detect an operational positioning of the valve, to generate a record of the real-time activation of the valve, and to compare records of real-ti...