ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,574, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DANFOSS A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).
"Electric expansion valve" was invented by Sigurd Larsen (Krusa, Denmark), Kurt Harck (Sonderborg, Denmark), Soren Stottrup Kristensen (Horsens, Denmark), Birthe Nissen Reese (Nordborg, Denmark) and Charlotte Vibeke Pingel Vagnsholdt (Augustenborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric expansion valve (1) including a valve housing (12), a valve seat (2), a valve element (3) cooperating with the valve seat (2), a drive driving the valve element (3) and including a rotary motor (4) having an axis (17) of rotation. The valve element (3) is connected to...