US Patent Issued to Bestway Oilfield on March 24 for "Gate valves with dynamic skirts and multiple energizers" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,560, issued on March 24, was assigned to Bestway Oilfield Inc. (Channelview, Texas).

"Gate valves with dynamic skirts and multiple energizers" was invented by Don Channing Gramlich (Richmond, Texas) and Mehul Jain (Humble, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate valve includes a valve body having a through-bore and a gate cavity that are substantially orthogonal to each other, a gate disposed within the gate cavity operable to translate along a length of the gate cavity to move between an open position and a closed position, an annular seat pocket formed within the valve body proximate to the intersection of the through-bore and...