ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,043, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Imperium Technologies LLC (Cedar Park, Texas).
"Steam trap" was invented by Gordon Judd (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) and Brad Medford (Cedar Park, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam trap may include a processor and an electronic water sensor configured to determine a presence of water in the steam trap and transmit data regarding the presence of the water to the processor. The steam trap may further include an electronically actuatable valve configured to be driven by signals from the processor."
The patent was filed on July 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/352,118.
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