US Patent Issued to Space Valves on May 12 for "Check valve, and associated systems and methods" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,767, issued on May 12, was assigned to Space Valves LLC (Puyallup, Wash.).

"Check valve, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Kyle Jeffrey Meeuwsen (Puyallup, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A check valve assembly can include a housing including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow chamber defined by the housing and fluidly coupling the inlet port to the outlet port, an actuation chamber, and a piston assembly movable between a closed position and an open position. The piston assembly can include a poppet positioned in the flow chamber and can be configured to sealingly engage the housing in the closed positio...