US Patent Issued to MICROTECNICA on Oct. 27 for "Butterfly valve assembly" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,753, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MICROTECNICA S.R.L. (Turin, Italy).

"Butterfly valve assembly" was invented by Giacomo Mezzino (Turin, Italy) and Gianfranco Salvatoriello (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A butterfly valve assembly includes a butterfly element configured to control fluid flow through a main conduit and a manual override operable to lock the butterfly element in a fully open position or a fully closed position."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/363,246.

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