ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,145, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NINGBO SIMING AUTOMOTIVE Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).
"Valve cap featuring easy inflation and sealing and production process thereof" was invented by Lihong Wang (Ningbo, China), Ermald Muca (Ningbo, China) and Xinfeng Wang (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve cap includes a cap housing, where a self-sealing inflation valve is provided in a chamber of the cap housing; the self-sealing inflation valve includes a valve core rod, a reset spring, a valve core sealing gasket, and a valve core base; the valve core base is mounted in a middle-lower part of the chamber; the valve core rod...