ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,185, issued on March 18, was assigned to Planet Safety System Technologies LLC (Monroe, N.Y.).
"Gas valve assembly" was invented by Brian M. Corcoran (Ridgewood, N.J.) and Michael W. Haynes (Hackensack, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly consists essentially of a valve body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve retainer at least partially housed within the valve body; a valve poppet positioned within the valve body; a magnet affixed within the valve body near the valve body inlet port; and a solenoid coil mounted around the valve body."
The patent was filed on July 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/813...