US Patent Issued to Vibracoustic on April 21 for "Valve and method of making same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,244, issued on April 21, was assigned to Vibracoustic SE (Weinheim, Germany).

"Valve and method of making same" was invented by Philipp Werner (Luneburg, Germany) and Michael Weber (Buchholz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for an air spring includes a housing member having a center axis and channel. The housing member includes first and second elements connected by a materially engaging connection in a first region and in abutment with or directly beside each other in a second region. A sealing member may be disposed in the channel and can close the channel or reduce an effective opening cross section. The valve may ...