ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,772, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Intellihot Inc. (Galesburg, Ill.).
"Fluid system power-on self test" was invented by Sridhar Deivasigamani (Peoria, Ill.) and Sivaprasad Akasam (Dunlap, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic method for verifying the proper functioning of a fluid flow control device of a fluid system, the method including determining whether at least one pressure sensor is functional and if the at least one pressure sensor is considered functional, determining whether a bypass valve is functional and if the bypass valve is considered functional, determining whether at least one flow sensor is function...