ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,122, issued on July 7, was assigned to PIETRO FIORENTINI S.p.A. (Arcugnano, Italy).

"Gas regulator" was invented by Mario Pietro Nardi (Arcugnano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Regulator for a gas control apparatus, particularly suitable for installation in a gas transport and/or distribution network, including a containment body with a gas inlet and a gas outlet. Inside the containment body, the regulator includes at least one regulation stage configured to cause a reduction of the pressure of the gas which, passing through the regulator, goes from the inlet to the outlet. The regulator also includes a safety block having a pa...