ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,197, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AEROJET ROCKETDYNE INC. (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Valve device with ball locks" was invented by David Meyer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Mario Padilla (Los Angeles) and Gary Grenon (Camarillo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device includes male and female housings having, respectively, exterior and interior annular channels. The male housing is receivable into the female housing such that the exterior and interior annular channels together define a toroidal tube. The male and female housings together define a fluid through-passage. There are first and second valve elements disposed, respec...