ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,196, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RB Distribution Inc. (Colmar, Pa.).
"Multi-way control valve" was invented by Tam Nguyen (Lincoln University, Pa.), Glenn Sincovich (Doylestown, Pa.), Sean Cattie (Perkasie, Pa.) and Bryan McMasters (Lansdale, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-way control valve for controlling the flow of fluid between a fluid inlet and one or more fluid outlets. The multi-way control valve includes a swivel valve assembly that includes a spur gear with threaded apertures and an alignment member for fixing a housing that includes a magnet to the spur gear with fasteners. The multi-way control valve pre...