US Patent Issued to Intel on June 3 for "Pressure regulator valve assembly for quick disconnect fittings" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,446, issued on June 3, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Pressure regulator valve assembly for quick disconnect fittings" was invented by Mark Edmund Sprenger (Tigard, Ore.), Devdatta Prakash Kulkarni (Portland, Ore.) and Joseph A. Broderick (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick disconnect fitting includes a plug and a socket to receive the plug. The plug includes a fluid channel, an inlet to the fluid channel, and a pressure regulating valve assembly. The valve can include a poppet, and a valve nozzle comprising an orifice. The valve assembly resides in the fluid channel. The socket includes a sock...