US Patent Issued to Mueller International on Aug. 4 for "Bonded seat valve" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,835, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Bonded seat valve" was invented by Xianhua Feng (Jingmen City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve seat includes a first end; a second end positioned opposite from the first end; and a body extending from the first end to the second end, the body defining an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a main bore extending through the body from the first end to the second end, the main bore defining a main bore axis, the body defining a shaft bore extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, the shaft bore defining a shaf...