ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,186, issued on June 30, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Fluid valve" was invented by Michael Noll (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid valve has a cavity in which an actuator is accommodated, the cavity has a first inflow opening and a first outflow opening. The actuator has a through-passage with a first actuator opening and a second actuator opening, in one actuator position, the first actuator opening is situated opposite the first inflow opening and the second actuator opening is situated opposite the first outflow opening, and in one different actuator position, the first actuator open...