ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,924, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).
"Valve insert system" was invented by Sandra Gavela (Houston), Zachary Walters (Coimbatore, India), Codie Smith (Carmichaels, Pa.), Loc Gia Hoang (Houston) and Eric Miller (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a valve. The valve includes a valve body having an interior volume and a bore along a first axis. A stem extends along a second axis and a flow control element couples to the stem. The stem selectively moves the flow control element through the interior volume between a closed position and an open position relative to the bore. A ...