US Patent Issued to YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC on March 18 for "Valve diagnosis apparatus, valve apparatus, and valve diagnosis method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,430, issued on March 18, was assigned to YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC Corp. (Musashino, Japan).

"Valve diagnosis apparatus, valve apparatus, and valve diagnosis method" was invented by Shumpei Ito (Musashino, Japan) and Yoshiaki Tanaka (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a valve diagnosis apparatus capable of being combined with an existing valve and of automatically diagnosing corrosion, a valve apparatus using this valve diagnosis apparatus, and a valve diagnosis method. A valve diagnosis apparatus of the present disclosure includes an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits ultrasound towards a val...