US Patent Issued to Equilibar on April 8 for "Dome-loaded back pressure regulator with setpoint pressure energized by process fluid" (North Carolina, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,585, issued on April 8, was assigned to Equilibar LLC (Fletcher, N.C.).

"Dome-loaded back pressure regulator with setpoint pressure energized by process fluid" was invented by Ryan Matthew Heffner (Asheville, N.C.), Eugene Charles Jansen (Stafford, Va.) and Jeffrey Dean Jennings (Hendersonville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm pressure regulator includes: a body defining a process surface and including: an exhaust port having a discharge opening, and at least one vent void interconnecting the process surface and the exhaust port; and an inlet port, and at least one process void communicating with the process surface a...