US Patent Issued to General Electric on Jan. 27 for "Methods and apparatus to regulate a gaseous fuel system" (Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,039, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Methods and apparatus to regulate a gaseous fuel system" was invented by Michael Joseph Murray (Wyoming, Ohio) and Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus, and methods to a flame out valve for a gaseous fuel system are disclosed. An example apparatus to reduce fuel combustion comprises: a first valve connected to a fuel supply line, the first valve including: a first plug to control a flow of fuel; a first spring coupled to a first end of the first plug; and a first magnet coupled to a second end of the first pl...