US Patent Issued to Conti Temic microelectronic on Sept. 16 for "Pneumatic valve, and valve assembly having at least one such pneumatic valve" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,369, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Pneumatic valve, and valve assembly having at least one such pneumatic valve" was invented by Michael Beuschel (Stammham, Germany), Stefan Bauer (Engelbrechtsmunster, Germany) and Gerhard Berghoff (Manching, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic valve comprises an actuator with a movable closing element being disposed in a housing; the closing element with a tappet penetrating an actuator opening between an air chamber formed in the housing and an actuator chamber, and a plate, with a sealing element, for closing the supply...