US Patent Issued to ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES on June 10 for "Ridge seal segmented valve" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,194, issued on June 10, was assigned to ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC (Stamford, Conn.).

"Ridge seal segmented valve" was invented by Steve E. Kim (Valencia, Calif.) and Mostafa Donyanavard (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are generally described for valve assemblies that include a valve body whose inner wall defines two ports and a controllable flow path that extends along the inner wall between the two ports of the valve body. Each port may be fitted with a corresponding gasket. A rotatable member disposed in the controllable flow path of the valve body may include a hemispherical-shaped body with a substant...