US Patent Issued to Wolf Tooth Components on May 12 for "Pressure relief valve" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,768, issued on May 12, was assigned to Wolf Tooth Components LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Pressure relief valve" was invented by Michael W. Pfeiffer (Burnsville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure relief valve for a height adjustment seat post including a lower housing, a stanchion telescopically supported within the lower housing, and a cartridge including a piston rod driven by a piston to telescopically adjust the stanchion relative to the lower housing includes a pressure relief port in the piston of the height adjustment seat post, a pressure relief valve ball, and a pressure relief valve spring to bias the pressure rel...