ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,141, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Innovex International Inc. (Houston).
"Reduced stroke gate valve" was invented by Chris D. Bartlett (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reduced stroke gate valve is provided. The reduced stroke gate valve provides a predetermined or desired flow area for a given bore size through the gate valve while reducing a total length through which the gate valve strokes between an open position and a closed position. The reduced stroke gate valve includes one or more openings that span a non-circular or non-round area within the gate. The non-circular or non-round shape or distribution of ope...