ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,064, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSON AG (Germany).
"Cage valve" was invented by Stefan Mohr (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Jonas Waid (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cage valve (10) comprising a valve housing (12) with a valve inlet (14) and a valve outlet (16), a valve cage (20) which is arranged between the valve inlet and valve outlet (14, 16) in the flow channel, and a valve element (18) which is movably supported in the valve housing (12) in the axial direction (a) with respect to the valve cage (20), wherein the valve cage (20) has a guide region, which guides the valve ...