ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,310, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Norgren GmbH (Alpen, Germany).

"Pressure adjustment apparatus" was invented by Ulrich Teschke (Rheinberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure adjustment apparatus includes a compartment and a valve arrangement for regulating compartment pressure. The valve arrangement includes an inlet for connection to a pressurized fluid source with an inlet valve, an outlet with an outlet valve, a compartment port connecting the compartment, and a compartment valve controlling fluid flow into and/or out of the compartment. The compartment valve is configured for simultaneous actuation to an ope...