US Patent Issued to Clarke Industrial Engineering on Aug. 11 for "Metal obturators, dilating disk valves including same, and methods relating thereto" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,185, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Clarke Industrial Engineering Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.).

"Metal obturators, dilating disk valves including same, and methods relating thereto" was invented by Kyle P. Daniels (North Kingstown, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology relates to systems and methods for managing the flow of a substance through a tubing system. The system can include a dilating disk valve comprising obturator elements and a sealing ring. Each obturator element can have a top side having a substantially convex curvature, a bottom side having a substantially concave curvature, and a lateral si...