ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,912, issued on June 24, was assigned to GEMU Gebr. Muller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG (Ingelfingen, Germany).
"Valve actuator, valve assembly and method" was invented by Simon Matter (Ravenstein, Germany), Philipp Bitter (Gosbach, Germany), Sebastian Knoche (Ohringen, Germany), Christian Falkenberger (Bad Mergentheim, Germany) and Jochen Falkenberger (Bad Mergentheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a valve actuator having an actuator housing and an actuator element, in particular a pneumatic piston or a control diaphragm, that is movably mounted within the actuator housing. In an assembly state of the v...