US Patent Issued on Nov. 18 for "Variable geometry valve seat seal for simultaneous contact and release with valve body" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,983, issued on Nov. 18.

"Variable geometry valve seat seal for simultaneous contact and release with valve body" was invented by Gordon Marlon Smith (Brookshire, Texas) and Logan Taylor Smith (Bellville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a seat having an elastomeric seal and a core, the core having a groove disposed within the core forming a seal path, the seal path having a top centerline, a bottom centerline, an exposed edge, and a covered edge; the elastomeric seal is disposed within the groove; the elastomeric seal has a progressively varying seal protrusion height and protrusion width above the ...