US Patent Issued to Watts Regulator on June 17 for "Actuated backflow preventer and fluid control apparatus" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,495, issued on June 17, was assigned to Watts Regulator Co. (North Andover, Mass.).

"Actuated backflow preventer and fluid control apparatus" was invented by Joe Pagliaccio (North Andover, Mass.), Kevin Simon (Somerville, Mass.) and Joseph Michael Burke (Deerfield, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods useful for backflow prevention system that includes an actuated valve, a valve controller, one or more upstream sensors, and one or more downstream sensors. Upon detecting conditions conducive to backflow through the system using either or both the one or more upstream sensors, an...