US Patent Issued to Ademco on Feb. 18 for "Circuit for detecting a leak in a water heater device and activating an alarm device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,311, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ademco Inc. (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Circuit for detecting a leak in a water heater device and activating an alarm device" was invented by Frederick Hazzard (Plymouth, Minn.), Adam Myre (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Gregory Young (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for outputting an alarm signal in response to detecting a leak in a water heater device. For example, a water heater device includes a leak sensor, an intermittent pilot light, and a circuit. The circuit includes processing circuitry configured to receive, from the le...