US Patent Issued to A.O. International II on May 19 for "Float-actuated fluid valve assembly" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,261, issued on May 19, was assigned to A.O. International II Inc. (Stafford, Texas).

"Float-actuated fluid valve assembly" was invented by Andrew Lerner (Houston), Ranjit K. Singh (Houston) and Daniel Maurice Lerner (Missouri City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A float-actuated fluid valve assembly is disclosed that controls fluid flow from one or more fuel holding tanks, comprising a valve body having an inlet port and an outlet port, a floating piston movably disposed within the valve body, a poppet positioned within the valve body and configured to selectively seal against a valve seat to control fluid flow between the inlet...