ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,222, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).
"Fluidic control valve" was invented by Nathan P. Hagstrom (Minneapolis), Matthew L. Gallagher (Minneapolis) and Thomas R. Chase (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes an orifice plate including at least one orifice surrounded by an orifice plate seal surface, a seal plate, and an actuator. The seal plate includes a seal boss having a seal boss surface that faces the orifice plate, and a pocket that overlays the at least one orifice. The pocket includes a recessed surface that is surrounded by the seal boss surface and ...