ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,773, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cavagna Group S.P.A. (Ponte S. Marco, Italy).
"Valve for pressurized fluids" was invented by Giancarlo Nicolini (Villanuova Sul Clisi, Italy) and Vanni Zacche' (Padenghe Sul Garda, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve comprising a valve body having an outflow pipe and comprising a valve seat which defines a first zone of the outflow pipe upstream of the valve seat and a second zone downstream of the valve seat, and a cam follower which is capable of moving with respect to the valve seat along an axis X between an open position, at least one partially open position and a closed position, ...