ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,089, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Festo SE & Co. KG (Esslingen, Germany).
"Pneumatic system and process" was invented by Valentin Falkenhahn (NeuluBheim, Germany), Daniel Klassen (Esslingen, Germany), Thilo Balbach (Esslingen, Germany) and Clemens Fabig (Denkendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic system, including a valve arrangement with a carrier section and several valve modules which are arranged in or on the carrier section, in which each valve module includes at least one valve unit and in which the carrier section comprises a plurality of working ports. Each working port can be selectively pressurised...