ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,808, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FLUID HANDLING LLC (Morton Grove, Ill.).

"Assembly having an assembly union (U) that orients and aligns multiple components, including a housing, body adapter and locking ring" was invented by Paul J. Ruzicka (Auburn, N.Y.), Matthew John Ruffo (Geneva, N.Y.) and Kongchi Lui (Macedon, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A check valve assembly includes multiple components. for coupling together first and second pipes, and has multiple components, including a check valve, a check valve housing, a check valve body adapter and a locking ring. A mating surface coupling between a check valve body adapte...