US Patent Issued to Atlantic Hardchrome on June 16 for "Attachment and method for machining globe valves" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,229, issued on June 16, was assigned to Atlantic Hardchrome Ltd. (Dartmouth, Canada).

"Attachment and method for machining globe valves" was invented by Jamie Close (West Chezzecook, Canada), Jamie Lohnes (Lower Sackville, Canada), Teo Galovic (Wileville, Canada) and Mark Jean (Porters Lake, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for CNC machining internal structures of globe valves from solid forged NAB includes providing a globe valve design that includes an internal structure sized such that standard CNC machining turning and milling tools are geometrically incapable of machining the internal structure. The method also inc...