ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,682, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to OFIP Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Device for controlling fluid flow" was invented by Matthew Collins (Oxford, Great Britain) and Christopher Kennell (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling the flow of a fluid through a conduit from an upstream side of the device to a downstream side of the device. The device includes an upstream valve casing defining an inlet, a downstream valve casing defining an outlet aperture, and a valve core secured between the upstream valve casing and the downstream valve casing. The upstream valve casing, the downstream valve ca...