ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,179, issued on May 27, was assigned to CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Chengdu, China).

"Valve core transmission members, valve controllers, and valve control methods thereof" was invented by Zehua Shao (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a valve core transmission member, a valve controller, and a valve control method. The valve core transmission member includes a drive gear and a spindle, wherein the drive gear is configured to drive the spindle to rotate around a spindle axis and the drive gear is an incomplete gear with an effective engagement angle. The drive ...