US Patent Issued to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY on Oct. 14 for "Flowrate determination system and method for a flow control valve" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,556, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Flowrate determination system and method for a flow control valve" was invented by Jason J. Raasch (Cedarburg, Wis.), Christopher Brophy (Cedarburg, Wis.), Kevin A. Weiss (Chicago) and Duane S. Freimuth (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control device for controlling flow in a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system is shown. The flow control device includes a valve body including an inlet path, an outlet path, a valve member, and a valve stem coupled to the valve member. The flow control devic...