ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,138, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT Co. LTD. (Shaoxing, China).

"Connection for valve seat and valve body unit" was invented by Zhongbo Feng (Shaoxing, China), Ju Jin (Shaoxing, China), Fugang Wang (Shaoxing, China), Wenrong Zhang (Shaoxing, China) and Zhiguo Song (Shaoxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device is provided. The valve device includes a valve body unit, a mounting seat and a valve seat. The valve device further includes a fastening member. The mounting seat is provided with a limiting step, and a side surface of the valve seat is provided with a connecting hole...