ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,907, issued on June 24, was assigned to FLUHS DREHTECHNIK GMBH (Ludenscheid, Germany).
"Valve cartridge" was invented by Jorg Wendt (Ludenscheid, Germany), Lutz Lange (Ludenscheid, Germany) and Tim-Florian Klawin (Halver, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve cartridge includes a top part that is penetrated in the center by a spindle which is rotatably and axially slidably mounted in the top part and which includes an axial through-hole to allow water to flow therethrough; the spindle actuates a valve, by which the flow rate of the water through the through-hole can be controlled."
The patent was filed on March 18, 2022, un...