ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,840, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Binder GmbH (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Combination aeration, deaeration, and water outlet valve and climate chamber with such combination aeration, deaeration, and water outlet valve" was invented by Robin Kossmann (Tuttlingen, Germany), Philipp Zimmerer (Rottweil, Germany) and Jochen Buschle (Tuttlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The combination aeration, deaeration, and water outlet valve includes a common water inlet, gas inlet, and gas outlet for connecting to a climate chamber; a water reservoir connected to the common water inlet, gas inlet, and gas outlet; a first valve assembly ...