ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,942, issued on Nov. 11.
"Piezo actuator device" was invented by Moritz Nett (Muhlacker, Germany), Martin Stiegler (Beilstein, Germany), Frank Schnur (Bonnigheim, Germany), Lothar Rademacher (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Dmitri Noak (Stuttgart, Germany) and Herbert Martin (Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a piezo actuator device, preferably for controlling a dispensing of an application agent onto a component, including: at least one movable valve body for opening and closing at least one valve seat, at least one preferably pivotable actuating arm for actuating the at least on...