ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,166, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SCHUKRA BERNDORF GMBH (Berndorf, Austria).

"Fluid valve module, fluid valve system and methods of producing the same" was invented by Martin Kalmutzki (Spalt, Germany), Igor Berkovych (Nuremberg, Germany), Sigurd Sturm (Nuremberg, Germany), Daniel Schmitz (Altdorf, Germany), Dominik Voelk (Neunkirchen a. Brand, Germany) and Gerhard Hoerber (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid valve module (10), a fluid valve system (20) and methods (30A, 30B) of producing the same are provided. The fluid valve module (10) comprises a housing and a plurality of valve members (103). The hous...