US Patent Issued to SAMSON on Nov. 25 for "Testing the operability of a safety valve for a safety case" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,599, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSON AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Testing the operability of a safety valve for a safety case" was invented by David Wagner-Sturz (Muhltal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for testing the operability of a safety valve, as well as a solenoid valve for triggering a safety valve, and corresponding devices are proposed. The safety valve has a solenoid valve which is used to vent the pneumatic actuator in a safety case. Initially, a safety case is triggered. The position course of the valve member is recorded, and the time required until the safety position is reached is compar...