ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,742, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GENERAL TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (Delta, Canada).
"Valve-diagnostic system and device" was invented by Daniel Edgardo Flandin (Surrey, Canada), Nicholas Felix Flandin (Surrey, Canada) and Vitalii Roslov (New Westminster, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ascertaining operational status of an electrically-actuated valve comprises a valve-diagnostic device, which comprises: a mechanical sensor for detecting movement of a movable part of the electrically-actuated valve relative to a stationary part and outputting a mechanical sensor signal; and an electrical sensor for detecting an electr...