US Patent Issued to Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Adjustable cage assembly for flow control devices" (Iowa, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,428, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Inc. (McKinney, Texas).

"Adjustable cage assembly for flow control devices" was invented by Justin Masias (Tom Bean, Texas) and David Scheffert (Marshalltown, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable cage assembly for a flow control device can include a first cage body and a second cage body or a plurality of inserts. The second cage body can be rotated relative to the first cage body, or one or more of the inserts can be selectively secured to the first cage body, to provide different radial flow patterns through the assembly."

The pa...