ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,461, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to A. RAYMOND ET CIE (Grenoble, France).

"Valve assembly" was invented by Christian Kolb (Binzen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly comprises a fastening element and at least one valve configured to be removably mounted to the fastening element. The fastening element includes a fastening body and a plurality of fastening islands. The fastening element has an elongated shape along a direction of elongation and is configured to be fastened in an automotive vehicle by at rear face of the fastening body. The fastening body comprises a plurality of openings aligned along the direc...