ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,312, issued on Jan. 13.
"Self-powered, multi-sensing, automatic shut-off valve" was invented by Aron Kain (Suffern, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The automatic shutoff valve (ASV) can extract ambient energy from the material that flows through it, so that the device is completely self-powered and does not require external connections to provide primary power for the operation of the device. The ASV can communicate with end users. The ASV can also incorporate multiple sensor disciplines to augment and enhance the ASV primary function of an automatic shutoff valve. Additionally, as the ASV has an internal command control operatio...