ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,811, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CORTEC LLC (Houma, La.).
"Double piece retainer for compact valve" was invented by Bobby Corte Jr. (Houma, La.) and Troy Callahan (Houma, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact manifold ball valve having a valve body, valve ball, valve stem and two piece retainer system; the valve body including a valve chamber having first and second ends, and a first flow passage intersecting the valve chamber and valve ball. The valve ball can be trunnion supported and include pair of movable seat assemblies that can be used to seal the valve ball to the valve body. A two piece retainer can be used to ...