ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,163, issued on July 29, was assigned to GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH (Buchen, Germany).
"Process component" was invented by Wolfgang Arnold (GroBerlach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process component having a longitudinal axis is provided. The process component includes a housing that surrounds an interior space and includes a first connector and a second connector, a tappet located in the interior space, a first magnet arrangement located on the tappet, and a second magnet arrangement that is magnetically coupled to the first magnet arrangement and is rotatable on the housing about the longitudinal axis. In order to create a pro...