US Patent Issued to Mueller International on Oct. 20 for "Integral seat for valve" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,453, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Integral seat for valve" was invented by Jason White Bradley (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve body assembly includes a valve body defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner body surface, the inner body surface defining a main valve bore extending from the first end to the second end; and an integral valve seat integrally attached to the inner body surface within the main valve bore, the integral valve seat comprising an additive material additively deposited on the inner body surface, the integral valve...