ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,044, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Precision Planting LLC (Tremont, Ill.).
"Inline, multi-port ball valve" was invented by Justin McMenamy (Edwards, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball valve assembly having a valve body with a single inline fluid passage therethrough along a central longitudinal axis. A ball valve is sealingly seated in a valve seat within the valve body. The ball valve includes at least two through-bores, each of the at least two through-bores having a central axis intersecting one another, whereby the ball valve is rotatable between a fully open position and a fully closed position. In one application...