US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Self-regulating storm water control valve" (Michigan, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,953, issued on July 28.

"Self-regulating storm water control valve" was invented by Joseph O'Brien (Saline, Mich.) and Brandon Habin (Holden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical flow control valve for use in low pressure hydraulic systems, the valve includes a flow tube having an inlet and an outlet, a flow restrictor within a flow path, a fixed piston within the flow tube, a movable plunger assembly slidably attached to the fixed piston, the plunger assembly including a plunger head having a profile shape at least a portion of which increases toward the inlet. The movable plunger assembly is biased toward the inlet of ...