US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire Products on June 10 for "Fluid control valve system and methods" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,199, issued on June 10, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).

"Fluid control valve system and methods" was invented by Yoram Ringer (Providence, R.I.), Roger S. Wilkins (Warwick, R.I.) and Boris Frenkel (Netanya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm-type control valve having a diaphragm and a valve body is provided preferably for use in the separation of and fluid control between a fluid source and a pressurized gas volume. The diaphragm element and a port in the body together form an intermediate chamber that eliminates the need for a check-valve downstream of the valve. In one preferred embodiment, an...