US Patent Issued to KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM on April 21 for "Discharge valve removal and installation tool" (Kuwaiti Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,815, issued on April 21, was assigned to KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (Safat, Kuwait).

"Discharge valve removal and installation tool" was invented by Bibekananda Bisoyi (Kuwait City) and Abdulaziz H.E.A.E. Altamimi (Kuwait City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly tool is provided including a beam having a shelf portion protruding from a central portion of the beam, and first and second handles extending from opposing ends of the beam. In an embodiment, the shelf portion includes a central hole defined therethrough and the tool stud extends through the central hole. In an embodiment, the tool stud includes an elonga...