ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,340, issued on April 15, was assigned to Aventics Corp. (Lexington, Ky.).

"System and method for high flow valve" was invented by James R. Ward (Lexington, Ky.) and Kenneth Salyer (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a high flow valve includes a seal rod, an armature configured to be connected to and move the seal rod, a valve seal configured to be connected to the seal rod, an exhaust seal seat and a diaphragm. The valve seal is configured to be positioned on the exhaust seal seat and exert an exhaust seal pressure force. The diaphragm is configured to exert a diaphragm force opposite the exhaust sea...