ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,511, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SUZHOU RAYONTECH TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Valve core with microporous structure and solenoid valve using valve core" was invented by Yong Luo (Suzhou, China), Renqin Zhang (Suzhou, China), Hongmei Chen (Suzhou, China), Xiaoming Zhu (Suzhou, China), Kai Yang (Suzhou, China), Qiaoqiao Zhu (Suzhou, China) and Mengna Ru (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a valve core with a microporous structure and a solenoid valve using the valve core. The solenoid valve comprises a valve body, an electromagnetic component, an elastic component and a valve core. The valve core...