US Patent Issued to Giacomini on March 17 for "Filtering group including a spherical valve" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,350, issued on March 17, was assigned to Giacomini S.p.A..

"Filtering group including a spherical valve" was invented by Samuele Molina (San Maurizio d'Opaglio, Italy) and Antonio Pistochini (San Maurizio d'Opaglio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtering group comprising a connection structure having a first input coupling in communication with an input conduit and an output coupling in communication with an output conduit. Further comprising a filter body connected to the connection structure and in fluid communication with the output coupling, and a ball valve housed in the connection structure and configured to assume a...