ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,745, issued on May 5, was assigned to ZHEJIANG SCI-TECH UNIVERSITY (Zhejiang, China).

"Method for predicting, regulating and controlling wear characteristic of flow channel in valve" was invented by Haozhe Jin (Zhejiang, China), Guofu Ou (Zhejiang, China), Zuchao Zhu (Zhejiang, China) and Chao Wang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for predicting, regulating and controlling a wear characteristic of a flow channel in a valve. The method comprises: pasting an aluminum sheet in a valve core, and testing a wear rate; regulating inlet pressure, and obtaining distribution characteristics of a pressure field and a veloc...