ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,485, issued on April 8, was assigned to AVS Ingenieur J.C. Romer GmbH (Grafenau, Germany).
"Fluid valve having a magnetic drive unit" was invented by Rainer Fisch (Hauzenberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid valve having a drive unit for a valve closing body is provided. The drive unit can have a core, an electric coil partially surrounding the core, and an armature movable by the energization of the coil and the resulting magnetic force, the drive unit having a main body on which a support for the coil, at least one insertion opening for the core and an armature support are provided, and the core inserted into the at ...