ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,184, issued on June 30.

"Single valved bypass meter bar system" was invented by Joe Trinh (Rosemead, Calif.), Brian Sararu (Hemet, Calif.) and Michael Covington (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meter bar system and method can include: providing a body; and coupling a valve to the body, the valve configured to provide gas flow configurations based on a rotational position of the valve, the gas flow configurations including a normal gas flow configuration, a purge gas flow configuration, and a bypass gas flow configuration."

The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/588,001.

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