ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,431, issued on June 3, was assigned to Festo SE & Co. KG (Esslingen, Germany).
"Valve for controlling fluid flow" was invented by Jakob Brenner (Esslingen, Germany) and Eduard Wenske (Kornwestheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve for controlling fluid flows, including a valve housing with a valve bore, in which fluid channels extend from the valve bore to an outer surface of the valve housing, including a first valve member and a second valve member, which are each accommodated linearly moveably in the valve bore. Both the first valve member and the second valve member include a first radial sealing element, which respect...