ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,170, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KOSCN Industrial Manufacturing (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).

"Diaphragm switch valve and assembly method for same" was invented by Shengzhou Zhang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm switch valve and a method for assembling same, the diaphragm switch valve includes a valve seat having two transverse fluid passages, and a valve body for disconnecting a the two fluid passages by a valve diaphragm and providing an axially collapsible elastic force to the valve diaphragm by an elastic driving structure. The first fluid passage is bent upwards in the valve seat to ...