ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,409, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BUERKERT WERKE GMBH & Co. KG (Germany).
"Valve unit and method for producing the valve unit" was invented by Till Sperrle (Ingelfingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve unit is provided which has a housing with a cover. Accommodated in the housing is a valve drive which is connected to a valve spindle. A closing body is arranged at an end of the valve drive opposite to the valve spindle. Furthermore, an elastic element is arranged between a contact face in the housing facing away from the closing body and the valve drive, so that the elastic element pretensions the valve drive tow...