ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,989, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Gas injector comprising a vacuum-controlled second sealing seat" was invented by Dietmar Schmieder (Markgroeningen, Germany) and Hubert Stier (Vaihingen/Enz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas injector for injecting a gaseous medium. The gas injector includes: a closing element which opens and closes a passage opening at a first sealing seat; an actuator for actuating the closing element; a restoring element for restoring the closing element; a second sealing seat which is located between a gas supply line connection and the first sealing seat ...