ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,344, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSON AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Control valve" was invented by Nadine Wetzstein (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Thomas Koenig (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control valve (10) comprises a valve housing (12) with a valve inlet and valve outlet (12-1, 12-2) and a valve cover (14), also comprising a housing-mounted valve seat (16), which is arranged in the flow channel between the valve inlet and valve outlet (12-1, 12-2), further comprising a valve member (18), which is designed to complement the valve seat (16), and additionally comprising a drive rod (20), ...