ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,162, issued on July 29, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).
"Electro-magnetic throttle valve with integrated blowdown conduit" was invented by Vineeth Poulose (Bengaluru, India), Sajesh Poolathody (Malappuram, India) and Nikhil Narayanan (Kozhikode, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid compressor system having an electro-magnetic throttle valve (EMTV) that utilizes magnetic forces supplied by an electromagnet to actuate the opening and closing of the valve. The fluid compressor system may include a control system that controls the position of a valve plate of the EMTV, allowing the EMTV to fu...