ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,903, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to William E. Hurst (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"Pressure loss mitigation and durable valve" was invented by William E. Hurst (Goleta, Calif.) and James Walter Hurst (Goleta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve comprises: a housing defining a chamber; a fluid outlet defined by a fluid outlet wall; and a first fluid outlet orifice and a second fluid outlet orifice comprising a rigid seat. The valve comprises a movable gate, that is flexible and/or compressible and impermeable. The moveable gate is more flexible than the rigid seat, has a planar surface, and is configured to slidably move in a ...