US Patent Issued to Bray International on Aug. 12 for "Low noise and anti-cavitation rotary control valve" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,577, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Bray International Inc. (Houston).

"Low noise and anti-cavitation rotary control valve" was invented by Mathew Varghese (Bengaluru, India), Pramod B. Kumar (Bengaluru, India), Sarath Ks (Bengaluru, India) and Sreeharsha Paramashivaiah (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a segmented ball valve for low noise and anti-cavitation applications, a replaceable cartridge is fixed inside and retained by stem and end post. The segment has a machined cylindrical bore with a slide-fit noise cartridge, enabling field replaceability with minor effort & without need of welding or fasteners. Th...