ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,304, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Gouville, Jersey).
"Liquid pressure reducing valve" was invented by David Taylor (Portsmouth, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pressure reducing valve apparatus includes a pressure reducing valve. The valve has: a body containing a fluid-flow chamber, a liquid supply orifice into the chamber, a liquid outlet from the chamber, a regulation plate opposed to the orifice, a spring acting to urge the plate towards the orifice, and a diaphragm between the plate and the body to close the chamber between them. A controllable motor drive acts between the body...