ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,110, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB (Lund, Sweden).

"Valve control device" was invented by Thomas Priisholm (Kolding, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve control device for controlling operation of a valve actuator configured to be connected to a valve member. The valve control device being configured to be removably mounted on the valve actuator and comprises: a position sensor for detecting actuating position of the valve actuator and outputting the detected position as a feedback signal; a memory device for storing position data reflecting the feedback signal from the position sensor at at le...