US Patent Issued to Fisher Controls International on July 21 for "Systems and methods for valve actuation" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,238, issued on July 21, was assigned to Fisher Controls International LLC (Marshalltown, Iowa).

"Systems and methods for valve actuation" was invented by Bryan Leger (Marshalltown, Iowa), Trent Jackson (Marshalltown, Iowa) and Wade Helfer (Marshalltown, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve system can include a valve body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve member moveable between open and closed positions to fluidically couple and decouple the inlet and the outlet, and an actuator. The actuator can include an actuation chamber, an actuator member to move the valve member, ports, and a control system. The ports can be arrang...