US Patent Issued to Mueller International on Sept. 16 for "Valve seat with circumferential rib" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,362, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Valve seat with circumferential rib" was invented by Xianhua Feng (Jingmen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve seat includes an annular sealing body defining an inner seat surface and an outer seat surface, the inner seat surface defining an annular seating portion configured to seat with a valve member; and a circumferential sealing rib extending circumferentially about the annular sealing body, the circumferential sealing rib defining a gooseneck portion coupled to the annular sealing body and a bulbous portion coupled to the gooseneck portion...