ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,042, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Miniature media isolated rocking diaphragm valve with enhanced flux circuit" was invented by Joel J. Verrecchia (Hollis, N.H.) and James A. Burns (Wilton, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetically operated valve includes a combined valve body and bobbin that includes a bobbin portion that supports a magnet wire coil and a valve body portion that houses a pole and an armature. The armature is moveable under magnetic forces to operate a valve operator to control the fluid flow through the valve. The valve includes a flux bracket having a first end that i...