ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,752, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VALVOLE ITALIA S.R.L. (Carpi, Italy).

"Movement control valve" was invented by Marcello Bertani (Carpi, Italy) and Andrea Storci (Nonantola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Movement control valve of the parts-in-body type having a housing that includes a loading opening, an unloading opening, a pilot opening and an installation opening;-a sealing seat slidable along the housing, which delimits a passage that places the loading opening in communication with the unloading opening;-a shutter slidable along the housing between a closed position, in which it is in contact with the sealing seat an...