US Patent Issued to TURVENTIL on March 4 for "Combination valve consisting of quick-acting valve and control valve for a steam circuit and SIL 3 certified safety circuit" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,554, issued on March 4, was assigned to TURVENTIL GMBH & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany).

"Combination valve consisting of quick-acting valve and control valve for a steam circuit and SIL 3 certified safety circuit" was invented by Michael Mahalek (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination valve for a steam circuit, includes a quick-closing valve and a regulating valve. The quick-closing valve and the regulating valve are arranged in a common housing. The regulating valve is displaceable by an active drive and the quick-closing valve is passively displaceable by the steam."

The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2020, un...