ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,245, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ValvTechnologies LLC (Houston).
"Inline repairable valves" was invented by Jonathan D. Jones (Houston), Chuck Jimdar (Houston) and Gerard St. Martin (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a throughbore extending from the first end to the second end along a central axis, a valve element positioned within the throughbore for selectably isolating fluid flow through the throughbore, a seal end cap including a flange and a neck, wherein the neck is inserted into the throughbore from the second end of the body to en...