US Patent Issued to Elemental Scientific on July 28 for "Magnetically coupled valve" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,955, issued on July 28, was assigned to Elemental Scientific Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Magnetically coupled valve" was invented by Caleb Gilmore (Omaha, Neb.) and Tyler Yost (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve assemblies are described that provide magnetic coupling between a valve actuator and a valve body housing the valve rotor and stator. A valve assembly embodiment, includes, but is not limited to, a valve body, the valve body including at least one magnet, and a rotor and a stator configured to define a plurality of fluid flow passageways; a valve actuator configured to drive the rotor via a drive shaft; and an actuator...