US Patent Issued to Sleep Number on June 23 for "Plunger with rear facing bumper for air manifold" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,094, issued on June 23, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp..

"Plunger with rear facing bumper for air manifold" was invented by Brian Doffing (Arden Hills, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve can include a solenoid coil, a plunger having a core configured to respond to a magnetic field generated by the solenoid coil, and a valve disc. The valve disc can be positioned at a head of the core and configured to cushion impact when the valve is closed. A bumper can be positioned and configured to cushion impact when the valve is opened. The valve can be used in an air bed system in fluid connection between an air pump and an inflat...