US Patent Issued to RED-WHITE VALVE on Feb. 10 for "Dielectric union and method of assembling the same" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,418, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RED-WHITE VALVE CORP. (Lake Forest, Calif.).

"Dielectric union and method of assembling the same" was invented by Claudio Enzio (Valduggia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dielectric union assembly includes a threaded union body having external threads, a press-fit union body including an annular groove extending inward and an annular projection extending outward that defines an annular channel, an inner O-ring configured to be accommodated in the annular channel of the press-fit union body, a nut including a flange and internal threads configured to threadedly engage the external thread...