US 12,297,922 B1
Valve seat with embedded structure and related methods
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to Vulcan Industrial Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Vulcan Industrial Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,615.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,766, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Int. Cl. F16K 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 25/005 (2013.01) 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve seat for a pumping assembly, the valve seat comprising:
a body including a bore; and
an embedded structure embedded in the body so as to define, at least partially, a strike face of the valve seat, the strike face extends circumferentially about the bore, and the embedded structure includes a gradient material structure having a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a compositional transition region between the first material and the second material, the embedded structure comprising a plurality of separate embedded features embedded in the body, each of the embedded features including the gradient material structure, and one or more of the plurality of separate embedded features comprising an elongated feature extending in a radial direction relative to a central axis of the bore along the strike face.