ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,053, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Crane ChemPharma & Energy Corp. (The Woodlands, Texas).
"Wedge torque assembly" was invented by Pankaj Nikam (Pune, India), Ranjit Narayan Bhalkar (Pune, India), Ratnadeep Panaskar (Pune, India), Amitkumar Patil (Kate Wasti, India), Samson Kay (Cincinnati) and Kaustubh Dharwadkar (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a valve yoke comprising a hollow inner portion and an upper face, an adapter plate including a through-hole and a lower face, wherein the lower face provides an interface for connection to the upper face of the valve yoke, an actuator assembly havin...