ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,246, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HEN NOZZLES INC. (Hayward, Calif.).
"Shut-off valve component" was invented by Sunny Sethi (Castro Valley, Calif.), Nicholas James McKibben (Oakland, Calif.), Grant Harrison Friesen (Concord, Calif.) and Sagar Bhatia (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid flow component including a body having a flow path therein, and a blocking component movable between a closed position where the blocking component blocks a flow of fluid through the flow path, and an open position where the blocking component does not block the flow of fluid through the flow path. The blocking component is ro...