US Patent Issued to Voith Patent on Nov. 4 for "Shuttle valve, directional control valve module, and pneumatic or hydraulic assembly" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,657, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Voith Patent GmbH (Heidenheim, Germany).

"Shuttle valve, directional control valve module, and pneumatic or hydraulic assembly" was invented by Steffen Lindorfer (Schrozberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shuttle valve includes: a first valve body; a second valve body, a first control-pressure-charged surface and a second control-pressure-charged surface of the first valve body being larger than a third control-pressure-charged surface and a fourth control-pressure-charged surface of the second valve body, a first control pressure from a first inlet pressure port being applied to a fir...