ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,462, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SWAGELOK COMPANY (Solon, Ohio).
"Diaphragm valve with actuator bearing element" was invented by William H. Glime III (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Branden W. Keeper (Mentor, Ohio), Timothy P. Vidoni (Cleveland) and Daniel E. Zeiler (Chardon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm valve includes a valve body with a valve seat disposed in a valve cavity surrounding a flow passage, a diaphragm movable between a closed position in sealing engagement with the valve seat and an open position axially spaced apart from the valve seat, and an actuator including an actuator housing assembled with the v...