ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,394, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Asco LP (Novi, Mich.).
"Valve manifold, valve and actuator assembly" was invented by Wayne Tilmos (Novi, Mich.) and Gary Zahn (Highland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic actuator and control valve assembly has a housing with a control cavity for a control valve and an actuator cavity for an actuator piston and rod assembly. The control cavity and actuator cavity both have an elongated shape and are substantially parallel to each other. The control cavity has a supply port and first and second control valve outlet ports and at least one vent port with the control valve being mova...