ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,521, issued on July 7, was assigned to HELMUT BAELZ GMBH (Heilbronn, Germany).

"Modular drive system with valve drive modules for assembling a valve drive system" was invented by Tobias Schellenberger (Kirchardt-Berwangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The modular drive system according to the present disclosure, including valve drive modules is used for assembling a valve drive system. The valve drive modules of the modular drive system according to the present disclosure can be variably connected to one another via their module interfaces to form a valve drive system. The module housings of the valve drive modules contain t...