US Patent Issued to Microtecnica on July 28 for "Pressure relief valve for cryogenic vessel" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,951, issued on July 28, was assigned to Microtecnica S.r.l. (Turin, Italy).

"Pressure relief valve for cryogenic vessel" was invented by Andrea Mornacchi (Turin, Italy) and Elio Mantia (Rivalta di Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure relief valve for a cryogenic vessel. The pressure relief valve includes valve walls defining a fluid flow passageway through the pressure relief valve. The valve walls define a thermal conductive path between an interior of the cryogenic vessel and a surrounding environment. At least a portion of the thermal conductive path comprises a thermally insulative portion."

The patent was file...