ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,097, issued on May 26, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Safety device for a linearly actuated process valve" was invented by Markus Kubacki (Wuerzburg, Germany), Gottfried Hendrix (Gemuenden, Germany) and Alexandre Orth (Hettstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device for a linearly actuated process valve and a system including the safety device are disclosed. The safety device includes a housing, a piston rod which is mounted in the housing so as to be linearly displaceable and connectable to the process valve, and a piston which is connected to the piston rod. Furthermore, at least one sprin...