US Patent Issued to Precision Engine Controls on Sept. 22 for "Ball valve with endurance enhancing features" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,504, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Precision Engine Controls Corp. (San Diego).

"Ball valve with endurance enhancing features" was invented by Benoy Kumar (San Diego), Kyle J. Smith (San Diego) and Kim Cockbill (Frazier Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example valve includes: a ball rotatable by a shaft, wherein the ball has a cam surface; a metering seat that contacts the ball; a sealing seat that contacts the ball when the ball is in a closed position; and a follower coupled to the sealing seat, wherein when the ball is in an open rotational range that allows fluid flow from a first port to a second port, the f...