ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,176, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Swagelok Co. (Solon, Ohio).
"Check valve" was invented by Anthony Robert Yagiela (Sagamore Hills, Ohio), Cal R. Brown (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Gregory S. Kalata (Avon Lake, Ohio), Erick R. Shelley (Lyndhurst, Ohio) and Jeffrey M. Rubinski (Novelty, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A check valve includes a valve element and a valve body having a body housing, an annular valve seat insert, a bushing, and a biasing member. The body housing includes an outer circumferential wall extending between an inlet port and an outlet port to define a valve cavity therebetween. The valve seat insert is seated in...