ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,230, issued on July 21, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Seal arrangement for a fluid valve, fluid valve and vehicle" was invented by Prashant Chavan (Munich), Dmytro Rozputniak (Munich) and Maik Delpho (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal arrangement for a fluid valve includes: a first seal for sealing abutment against a pivotably adjustable valve body of the fluid valve; a second seal for sealing abutment against a valve housing of the fluid valve; and a separate, elastically deformable intermediate piece arranged between a first wall of the first seal and a second wall of the second seal. ...