US Patent Issued to ServicePlus on Dec. 23 for "Gate valve seats and seals, kits, and associated methods to enhance operating life of gate valves" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,080, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ServicePlus LLC (Houston).

"Gate valve seats and seals, kits, and associated methods to enhance operating life of gate valves" was invented by Jacob Cox (Houston), Sean Gajic (Houston) and Nicholas Peter Gette (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gate valve embodiments, including assemblies, seats and seals, kits, and associated methods, are provided to improve operational performance by a reduction of particle intrusion at associated seals. In an embodiment, a gate valve has an actuator, a gate connected to the actuator, a valve body, and a valve seat with a debris protection seal thereon a...