ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,173, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Tank device for storing a gaseous medium, comprising a valve device" was invented by Udo Schaich (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank device for storing a gaseous medium includes a valve device and a tank. The valve device includes a valve housing with a pilot valve element. The pilot valve element interacts with a first seal seat and thus forms a pilot valve, wherein the pilot valve element can be moved by a solenoid coil. Furthermore, the valve housing includes a main valve element which interacts with a second seal seat and thus...