ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,966, issued on April 29, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Modular valve apparatus and system" was invented by Dirk A. van der Merwe (Canterbury, N.H.), Timothy D. Moreau (Manchester, N.H.), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.), Michael A. Baker (Manchester, N.H.) and David Blumberg Jr. (Deerfield, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valved manifold module is disclosed, constructed and arranged to be readily connected in a chain with similar modules to form a manifold assembly. The modular manifolds allows for expansion or modification of the manifold assembly to control a group of pneumatically or hydraulically dr...