ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,719, issued on April 22.

"Water hammer effect mitigation controlling device of solenoid valve for fluid" was invented by Lee-Fei Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The water hammer effect mitigation controlling device of solenoid valve for fluid of the present invention includes a controller and a solenoid valve. The controller generates and transmits a control signal to the solenoid valve when receiving a closing command. The control signal includes alternatively arranged multiple closing and open signal intervals. The time duration of the closing signal interval is shorter than the closing reaction time of the solen...