ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,073, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Gas pressure regulator valve" was invented by Jason A. Thompson (Langhorne, Pa.) and Michael Dank (Hatfield, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method that monitors gas pressures at a gas pressure regulator valve is disclosed. The gas pressure regulator valve includes an inlet pressure detector for sensing an inlet gas pressure applied to the gas pressure regulator and an outlet pressure detector configured to sense an outlet gas pressure supplied by the gas regulator valve. A memory records the inlet gas pressure and the outle...