US Patent Issued to PRECISION VALVE on April 21 for "Single piece actuator with slider lock" (Canadian, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,361, issued on April 21, was assigned to PRECISION VALVE Corp. (Greenville, S.C.).

"Single piece actuator with slider lock" was invented by Rainer Heetfeld (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Matthew L. Brett (Toronto) and John B. Fore (Travelers Rest, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator has a slidable body that is slidable between a first position in which the actuation of a valve is blocked by the slidable body and a second position in which the valve can be actuated. The actuator, together with the slidable body, is formed as one piece. In an initial state, the actuator and the slidable body are connected by gates that are ...