US Patent Issued to Mahle International on July 22 for "Value for an internal combustion engine and production method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,182, issued on July 22, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Value for an internal combustion engine and production method" was invented by Peter Kroos (Rutesheim, Germany), Alexander Mueller (Metzingen, Germany), Alexander Puck (Esslingen, Germany) and Tobias Wege (Niddatal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for an internal combustion engine and a method for producing such a valve is disclosed. The valve includes a valve bottom and a valve stem projecting from the valve bottom. An interior of the valve delimits a hollow space, in which sodium for cooling is received. In the hollow space, a non-evaporable...