ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,771, issued on May 12, was assigned to Kernkraftwerk Gosgen-Daniken AG (Daniken, Switzerland).
"Stop valve for installation in a pipeline, in particular in a pipeline of a nuclear facility" was invented by Leo Ornot (Oberentfelden, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stop valve for installation in a pipeline is utilized to stop a fluid flow through the pipeline in the event of an operational failure. The valve includes a valve housing including a flow channel therethrough, and a closure member arranged at least partially in the flow channel and reversibly transferrable between an open position and a closed position. The valve...