ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,043, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Fisher Controls International LLC (Marshalltown, Iowa).
"Valve plugs including hardened tips" was invented by Cory Hagen (Johnston, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve plugs including hardened tips are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a plug holder, a sleeve coupled to the plug holder, the sleeve including a lip, a valve plug tip retained by the lip, and a spacer disposed between the plug holder and the tip, the sleeve surrounding the spacer."
The patent was filed on Aug. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/892,002.
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