US Patent Issued to Fisher Controls International on Nov. 4 for "Valve trim apparatus for use with fluid valves" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,745, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Fisher Controls International LLC (Marshalltown, Iowa).

"Valve trim apparatus for use with fluid valves" was invented by Mohammad Rashid Azmi (Ames, Iowa) and Trevor Stoakes (Bondurant, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve trim apparatus includes a valve plug having a sidewall defining a plug cavity and a plurality of throttle ports. The throttle ports are radially spaced relative to a longitudinal axis of the valve plug. The throttle ports include throttle flow passageways to provide fluid communication between an inner surface of the throttle ports and an outer surface of the sidewall of...