ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,959, issued on March 25, was assigned to Jacobsen Innovations Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Valves" was invented by John McCullough (Salt Lake City) and Wayco Scroggin (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-energizing valve includes a valve body defining an inner chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A valve head within the inner chamber is moveable between a first position and a second position. A valve seal in fluid communication with the inlet has a sealing surface with a sealing member between the valve head and the valve seal. The sealing member is movable between a closed position where the sealing member engages with t...