US Patent Issued to MagDrive Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Magnetically actuated pipe valve with torque-limiting clutch and position indication" (Montana, Wyoming Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,738, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MagDrive Technologies Inc. (Bozeman, Mont.).

"Magnetically actuated pipe valve with torque-limiting clutch and position indication" was invented by David Yakos (Bozeman, Mont.), Stephen Sanford (Bozeman, Mont.) and Robert K. Burgess (Sheridan, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes a magnetic actuation mechanism providing torque-limiting capabilities and valve stem position indication. A drive shaft of the valve is surrounded by a first annular magnetic array within a fully sealed pressure vessel. A second annular magnetic array is positioned outside of the pressure vessel and surro...