ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,437, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (McKinney, Texas).

"Pressure regulator and disk assembly for a pressure regulator" was invented by Andrew Da Costa (McKinney, Texas), Ruben Longoria (Little Elm, Texas), Bartley de la Houssaye (McKinney, Texas), Tyler Gibson (McKinney, Texas), Justin L. Masias (McKinney, Texas), David O. Plummer (Irving, Texas) and James C. Hawkins (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure regulator includes a body, a valve port, and a disk assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position. The disk assembly includes a di...