ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,032, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Power Packer North America Inc. (Westfield, Wis.).
"Exhaust brake valve" was invented by Mark Jason Boswell (Corning, Iowa) and Timothy Garritt House (Urbandale, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a butterfly member of an exhaust brake valve assembly. The method includes providing a metal material, machining the metal material to form a body, and drilling a through bore in a central portion of the body, thereby delimiting a first side of the body from a second side of the body that is opposite the first side. The through bore is configured to receive a shaft for pivot...