ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,553, issued on March 4, was assigned to BUERKERT WERKE GMBH & Co. KG (Germany).
"Valve having an optimized seat geometry" was invented by Christian Bezold (Ingelfingen, Germany) and Ralf Strasswiemer (Ingelfingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a valve, in particular a solenoid valve, having an optimized seat geometry. The valve comprises a sealing element and a valve seat which surrounds a passage opening having a nominal diameter, the valve seat having on a side facing the sealing element a closed circumferential rounding which, in a cross-sectional plane which extends through a central axis of the...