ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,182, issued on May 27, was assigned to Festo SE & Co. KG (Esslingen, Germany).
"Solenoid valve system and method of operating a solenoid valve system" was invented by Tobias Watzer (Deizisau, Germany) and Jens Engelhardt (Esslingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solenoid valve system having a solenoid valve and further having a controller, wherein the solenoid valve includes a valve housing through which a fluid channel passes, in which fluid channel a valve member for temporarily sealing a valve seat formed in the fluid channel is movably accommodated, and including a solenoid drive which has a magnetic circuit with a solen...