ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,591, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Pneumadyne LLC (Plymouth, Minn.).
"Gas control valve and related systems and assemblies" was invented by Thomas Lamothe (Golden Valley, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve (104) includes: a valve body (200) having a valve chamber (204), a seat (226) formed by an interior surface of the valve body, and one or more flow directing features (228, 230) formed about the seat; a float ball (224) disposed within the valve chamber, wherein the one or more flow directing features formed about the seat are configured to allow fluid flow therethrough when the float ball is seated at the seat; and ...