ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,182, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Solenoid valve and hydrogen tank system comprising solenoid valve" was invented by Andreas Rau (Stuttgart, Germany), Udo Schaich (Stuttgart, Germany) and Joachim Soubari (Ettlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a solenoid valve (1), in particular a shut-off valve for hydrogen tank systems, comprising a reciprocatingly movable magnetic armature (2) which is or can be coupled to a reciprocatingly movable valve element (3), the magnetic armature (2) being preloaded in the direction of the valve element (3) by means of a sp...