ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,743, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Moving Magnet Technologies (Besancon, France).
"Compact control valve" was invented by Lionel Billet (Dannemarie sur Crete, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for controlling the circulation of a fluid, having a valve body comprising a movable control member, an electrical actuator comprising a stator and a rotor, a sealing cover extending from the valve body to the inside of the stator, the sealing cover being positioned at the interface between the rotor and the stator in such a way that the rotor is inside the cover and submerged in the fluid, the stator being isolated from the flui...