US Patent Issued to Rheenergise on Oct. 20 for "Valve assembly" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,471, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Rheenergise Ltd. (London).

"Valve assembly" was invented by Tamas Bertenyi (Montreal), Christian Porowski (Montreal) and Marc-Antoine Proulx (Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly for controlling the flow of a fluid therethrough includes an inlet for receiving a fluid, a cage in fluid connection with the inlet, and a plug. The cage includes a first portion including a first port arranged in a wall of the cage for allowing fluid flow therethrough in a first mode of operation, and a second portion including a second port arranged in a wall of the cage for a...