ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,541, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Flowserve Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Seal assemblies and related valves and methods" was invented by Laren J. Winkel (Highland, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Seal assemblies for valves may include a movable seat configured to be disposed in a chamber of a valve. In an initial position, the movable seat is configured to contact a proximal portion of a plug head of the valve at an annular location that is spaced from a distal portion of the plug head during a closing stroke of the plug head. A biasing element is configured to bias the movable seat in the initial position and to enable the mova...