US Patent Issued to Proserv Gilmore Valve on July 22 for "Check valve for high-pressure fluids, including abrasives laden fluids" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,301, issued on July 22, was assigned to Proserv Gilmore Valve LLC (Houston).

"Check valve for high-pressure fluids, including abrasives laden fluids" was invented by Ryan Bludau (Katy, Texas), Stuart Macintyre (Humble, Texas) and Christopher Clark Barnes (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes a first body having an inlet and a ledge surrounding the inlet at a location inwardly of the body, a second body having an outlet and a poppet bore having a circumferential poppet bore surface, a poppet located in the poppet bore and having a sealing face, the sealing face facing the ledge of the first body, and a sealing arran...