US Patent Issued to Maxitrol on May 13 for "Valve seat with seal for use with valve element in valve assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,916, issued on May 13, was assigned to Maxitrol Co. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Valve seat with seal for use with valve element in valve assembly" was invented by Mark Geoffrey Masen (Leonard, Mich.) and Jason Sagovac (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly includes a valve body defining a fluid inlet in fluid communication with a fluid outlet. The valve body has an inner body surface defining an interior chamber extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A valve element is disposed within the interior chamber and rotatable through a range of positions relative to the outlet providing a high level of p...