ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,918, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KING LAI HYGIENIC MATERIALS Co. LTD (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

"Two-way angle valve capable of buffering deflation" was invented by Cheng-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) and Chiao-Wen Lin (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-way angle valve capable of buffering deflation includes: a body having an inlet and an outlet; a drive cylinder coupled to the body; a main piston having therein an auxiliary drive cavity; a drive air duct; an auxiliary piston driven to be vertically movably disposed in the auxiliary drive cavity; an auxiliary spring; a stem fixedly disposed at the auxiliary pisto...