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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2023
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Shannon E. Jelken, Marshalltown, IA (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
A control valve includes a body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve seat positioned in a passageway of the body between the inlet and the outlet, and a valve plug movable between a closed position and an open position. A trim assembly is disposed within the body to provide guidance for the valve plug and to condition a flow of fluid through the control valve. The trim assembly includes a top portion and a bottom portion. A plurality of ribs extend between the top portion and the bottom portion and a plurality of arcuate lattice segments are removably secured between the top portion and the bottom portion and separated from adjacent lattice segments by a rib of the plurality of ribs. Each lattice segment has a plurality of passages that extend between an inner surface and an outer surface of the lattice segment.