US Patent Issued to NIBCO on April 22 for "Boiler pressure relief valve and automatic air vent isolation assembly" (Massachusetts, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,712, issued on April 22, was assigned to NIBCO Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.).

"Boiler pressure relief valve and automatic air vent isolation assembly" was invented by Christopher W. Mason (Granger, Ind.), Lisa Lyon (North Grafton, Mass.) and Andrew J. Terry (Sturbridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolation assembly for a boiler unit that incorporates a pressure relief valve and an automatic air vent to a valve body that includes a valve positioned adjacent to the automatic air vent. The unitary valve body reduces the number of components and leak paths and incorporates a ball valve to permit removing and/or securing the automatic ...