ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,585, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Buerkert Werke Gmbh & Co. KG (Ingelfingen, Germany).
"Drive assembly for a diaphragm valve and diaphragm valve" was invented by Ralf Kettemann (Ingelfingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm valve has a drive assembly and a fitting through which a fluid can flow which has a diaphragm mounted to the drive assembly. A drive unit has a pressure piece which can be displaced in a direction of stroke (A) of the diaphragm valve and which is adapted to be coupled in a nondestructively detachable manner to a lock structure on a diaphragm to move the diaphragm, and a locking unit for con...