ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,424, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Cavagna Group S.P.A. (Ponte S. Marco, Italy).
"Flow regulator" was invented by Alessandro Modena (Padenghe sul Garda, Italy) and Vanni Zacche' (Montichiari, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow regulator comprising a housing having a first chamber, a second chamber and a valve seat which is arranged between these chambers, a valve head which is arranged in the first chamber and which has at least a first surface which faces the first chamber, a second surface which faces the second chamber when the valve head is in a closed position and a through-hole between the first surface and second...