US Patent Issued to Sonny's HFI Holdings on May 20 for "Manifold with integrated valve" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,767, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sonny's HFI Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Manifold with integrated valve" was invented by Jaime L. Harris (Rosemount, Minn.), Bryan Flood (Minneapolis) and Karl J. Fritze (Hastings, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold for use with a fluid delivery system includes a fluid inlet defining a portion of a common channel, a fluid nozzle outlet, a plunger housing of an integrated valve, a collar of a coupling mechanism, and a mounting structure. The fluid inlet, fluid nozzle outlet, plunger housing, collar and mounting structure of the manifold are integrally-constructed. A manifold ass...