ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,843, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Aventics GmbH (Laatzen, Germany).
"Systems and methods for piezo valves" was invented by Sascha Romer (Hannover, Germany) and Marc Mueller (Maulbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling a piezo valve can include providing a cable having first and second contacts, forming a pocket between the first and second contacts, inserting at least a portion of a piezo element into the pocket, electrically coupling the first contact to a first layer of the piezo element, and electrically coupling the second contact to a second layer of the piezo element. Forming the pocket between...