US Patent Issued to Precision Engine Controls on Dec. 2 for "Ball valve with enhanced flow accuracy features" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,906, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Precision Engine Controls Corp. (San Diego).

"Ball valve with enhanced flow accuracy features" was invented by Benoy Kumar (San Diego) and Albert J. Wu (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example valve includes: a housing having a first port and a second port; a stem disposed and rotatable within the housing; and a ball disposed within the housing and rotatable by the stem, wherein the ball has a hole therethrough to control fluid flow from the first port to the second port, wherein the hole has a profile comprising: a first opening at a base of the hole, a first channel connected to and...