US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Aug. 25 for "Bi-stable valve" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,507, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Bi-stable valve" was invented by Wyatt Culler (Berne, Ill.) and Andrew Collier (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-stable valve includes a valve body that has a valve inlet, a first valve outlet, and a second valve outlet. The valve body defines a preferential wall that is convex in shape that draws a flow passing through the valve inlet primarily towards the first valve outlet at a low back pressure at the first valve outlet. The valve body defines a second wall that is convex in shaped to draw the flow passing through t...