US Patent Issued to Julie Lynn Darling on May 12 for "Valve casings and assemblies for valve-based musical instruments and methods for manufacturing same" (West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,677, issued on May 12, was assigned to Julie Lynn Darling (Spencer, W.va.).

"Valve casings and assemblies for valve-based musical instruments and methods for manufacturing same" was invented by Gary J. Gini (Spencer, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve casing includes a body that defines a plurality of channels for receiving a plurality of valves and a plurality of ports. The plurality of ports include one or more inner ports, which place two adjacently positioned channels in fluid communication with each other, and a plurality of outer ports for directing a flow of air out of the valve casing or receiving the flow of air int...