ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,183, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).
"Detented selectable variable orifice" was invented by Adam Jon Gernstl (Akron, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a selectable variable orifice valve having a detent configuration that allows for selection of various preset flow rates through the valve. The detent configuration as described herein includes one or more ramped teeth that are configured to fit into one or more ramped slots, and the slots are located so as to correspond to a predetermined flow rate setting of the valve. Each flow rate setting of the valve corresponds to a...