ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,167, issued on July 29, was assigned to Aquestia Ltd. (Kfar Charuv, Israel).
"Anti-cavitation valve assembly" was invented by Yehezkel Hajbi (Nir Israel, Israel) and Eitan Kalinhoff (Kfar Vradim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly includes a housing which has a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, a cover affixed to the housing, a flow regulating assembly located in the housing, and an anti-cavitation flow diverter mounted in the housing. The anti-cavitation flow diverter includes an outer wall that surrounds an inner hollow portion. Sets of flow apertures are formed through the wall thickness of the outer wall. Each...