ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,670, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to THE LEGION ENGINEERING Corp. (Changhua City, Taiwan).

"Tire valve" was invented by Wayne-Ian Moore (Worcestershire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire valve is provided, wherein the tire valve includes: a tubular member including an inner surface, an internal channel and an enlarged section, the internal channel being defined by the inner surface and extending through the enlarged section; and a valve assembly including a sealing portion, movably inserted in the internal channel, and being operable to drive the sealing portion to engage with the inner surface to block the inter...