ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,294, issued on July 22, was assigned to ECO Holding 1 GmbH (Marktheidenfeld, Germany).

"Piston for a valve, electromagnetic valve and fuel cell system" was invented by Dietmar Schulze (Muenzenberg, Germany) and Christian Jung (Roden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston for a valve configured to control a gaseous medium, the piston including a piston head configured as a closure element and including a seal configured to seal the piston at a valve seat, wherein the seal is arranged at the piston head by a retainer. An electromagnetic valve configured to control a gaseous medium, the electromagnetic valve including an armat...