ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,738, issued on March 25, was assigned to WCM Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
"Systems and methods for operating a ball valve" was invented by Gabriel Young (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and William T. Ball (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing a pulse control to a ball valve to reduce the amount of torque required to adjust the position of the ball valve. In an aspect, the technology relates to a method for reducing resistance of a ball valve. The method includes generating a pulse having a duration and a polarity; providing the pulse to an actuator configured to...