ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,916, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SCV Valve LLC (Santa Fe, N.M.).
"Flapper check valve assembly" was invented by Sidney McCarra (League City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swing check valve includes a body and a swing assembly, the body including an inner volume having a middle portion extending between an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion and a wall that surrounds the inner volume and the swing assembly including a disc having an upstream surface that faces the upstream end portion when the disc is in a closed position and a downstream surface that faces the downstream end portion when the disc is in the...