ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,083, issued on June 23, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Gas valve with outwardly-opening valve closure element" was invented by Andreas Koeninger (Neulingen-Goebrichen, Germany), Bernd Siewert (Stuttgart, Germany), Gerhard Suenderhauf (Tiefenbronn, Germany) and Michael Marzinzik (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a gas valve (1), comprising: a valve body (2) which is hollow-cylindrical at least in parts and which forms a sealing seat (3) over which a gas flow path (4) is conducted, a reciprocating valve closure element (5) which is accommodated at least partly in the v...