US Patent Issued to Bray International on Aug. 18 for "Anti-cavitation and noise reduction trim in rotary control valve" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,112, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Bray International Inc. (Houston).

"Anti-cavitation and noise reduction trim in rotary control valve" was invented by Sarath Ks (Bengaluru, India), Prasad Kumar (Bengaluru, India), Pramod B Kumar (Bengaluru, India) and Mathew Varghese (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a segmented ball valve for low noise and anti-cavitation applications, wherein a replaceable cartridge may be fixed inside and retained by stem and end post. The cartridge may incorporate irregular or regular polygonal-shaped plates or a combination of polygonal shaped plates and round bars...