ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,121, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Samson AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Housing for a valve or a fitting, semi-finished product for such a housing and method for additively manufacturing such a housing" was invented by Holger Eckholz (Brechen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a semi-finished product for a valve housing, such as a control valve housing or a fitting housing, may include an additively manufactured body having a built-up direction in which the body is formed in layers. The body may include an inlet channel, an outlet channel, a bridge section, and a neck portion for the valve or the fitting delimiting a...