ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,463, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Bueno Technology Co. Ltd. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Flow channel for globe valve" was invented by Huan-Jan Chien (Tainan City, Taiwan), Po-Wen Chen (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Huan-Ciao Hong (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved flow channel for a globe valve featuring low head loss includes a valve chamber, a ring-shaped ditch, an inlet passage, a valve inlet, a valve seat, an outlet passage, and a valve outlet. The ring-shaped ditch is installed at the periphery of the valve seat and formed with a bevel at its bottom. When a valve plug of the globe valve departs from the...