ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,777, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BUERKERT WERKE GMBH & Co. KG (Ingelfingen, Germany).

"Solenoid valve" was invented by Christian Bezold (Ingelfingen, Germany) and Dina Link (Ingelfingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid valve has a valve drive which includes an electromagnet, an actuator coupled to a diaphragm mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position by the valve drive, a fluid housing having a valve seat, wherein a fluid channel extends in the fluid housing from a first fluid connection to the valve seat and, proceeding from the valve seat, to a second fluid connection, and the diap...