ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,088, issued on June 23, was assigned to WATH GROUP Ltd. (Rotherham, Great Britain).
"Fluid valve" was invented by William Bedford (Rotherham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve cartridge (11) for a live insertion valve (10) for a pipe (102) is provided, the valve cartridge (11) comprising a valve member (14), wherein the valve cartridge (11) is configured such that, in use, the valve member (14) is moveable between an inactive state in which the valve member (14) permits a flow of fluid through a pipe (102), and an active state in which the valve member (14) blocks a flow of fluid through a pipe (102). The valve mem...