ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,490, issued on May 5, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Cam driven fluid valve assembly" was invented by Paul Mason (Dearborn, Mich.), David Toutant (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.), Chris Franklin (Canton, Mich.), Hank Brockner (Grosse Isle, Mich.), Markus Vollmer (Appenweir, Germany), Stephen Zukowski (Howell, Mich.) and Thomas R Chapman (Templeton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cam-driven valve assembly includes a valve housing that defines a plurality of fluid passageways and supports an array of fluid valves in the fluid passageways to control the flow of fluid therethrough. The assembly includes a plur...