US Patent Issued to Dresser on July 29 for "Using diverget flow paths in valve trim to abate valve noise" (Texas, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,166, issued on July 29, was assigned to Dresser LLC (Houston).

"Using diverget flow paths in valve trim to abate valve noise" was invented by Chad Eric Yates (Houston), Donald Stroman Sanders (Atlanta), Stephen Randall Farmer (Orange Park, Fla.), Jeremy Asher Glaun (Sharon, Mass.) and Rohan N. Buntval (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve trim that is configured to abate noise in a control valve. These configurations may include a cage with a flow path that has interior and exterior openings. The cage may also have a bore to receive a closure member or "plug." This plug can travel longitudinally to change parameters of flow...