ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,079, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Solero Technologies Villingen GMBH (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany).
"Valve for regulating and/or controlling mass flows" was invented by Ralf Heingl (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany), Martin Ohnmacht (Fluorn-Winzeln, Germany), Stefan Disch (Schonach, Germany) and Reiner Stimmler (Leonberg-Warmbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve (1, 2) is provided with a movable closing element (16, 116), with a nozzle body (32) with a passage opening (26), as well as a valve seat (25) surrounding the passage opening (26), and with an elastic sealing element (27, 127) which is movable with th...