ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,676, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc.
"Fluid control valve" was invented by Jack F. Colebrooke (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control valve is disclosed, comprising: a valve body defining an outer wall for a curved flow path through the fluid control valve; and a valve element defining an opposing inner wall and rotatable relative to the valve body about a pivot point through between a closed position a range of open positions. A separation between the first inner wall and the outer wall along a restrictor portion of the flow path varies between open positions. The first inner wall and...