ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,500, issued on July 7, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Valve arrangement, valve device, shock absorber and method of regulating pressure in a fluid flow" was invented by Bjorn Stjarne (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve arrangement regulates a pressure in a hydraulic fluid flow in a valve device in response to an actuating force during an active control operation and mechanically regulates the pressure during a fail-safe operation when no actuating force is present. The valve arrangement comprises a first spring member adapted to be arranged in a valve chamber of the valve...