ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,406, issued on April 14, was assigned to Fourth Power Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Brittle material valves" was invented by Mike Hvasta (Lawrence Township, N.J.), Colin Kelsall (Cambridge, Mass.), Asegun Henry (Hyde Park, Mass.), Sandeep Pidaparti (Burlington, Mass.) and Joe Patrinostro (Centerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some aspects of the disclosure provide a valve system that includes a valve made of brittle material, such as ceramic, graphite and the like. In some examples, the valve is made of one or more materials that remain a solid state in a temperature range of 1000deg C. to 3000deg C. The valve includes a val...