US Patent Issued to GEMU GEBR. MULLER APPARATEBAU on April 21 for "Valve element, method for operating the valve element, and process valve" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,268, issued on April 21, was assigned to GEMU GEBR. MULLER APPARATEBAU GMBH & Co. KG (Ingelfingen, Germany).

"Valve element, method for operating the valve element, and process valve" was invented by Johann Magej (Schwabisch Hall, Germany), Martin Rupp (Mulfingen, Germany), Vadim Lechmann (Kunzelsau, Germany) and Maximilian Bauer (Forchtenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve body for a diaphragm valve having a valve seat is disclosed, wherein at least two walls of the valve body converge on one another towards the valve seat, wherein the at least two walls at least partly delimit a common dry space, and wherein at le...