ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,467, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Asahi/America Inc. (Lawrence, Mass.).
"Valve position monitoring apparatus and method" was invented by Julia Noble (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve monitoring apparatus is provided for a manual valve that has a valve housing, a valve stem with a mounting portion projecting out of the valve housing and a valve handle mounted removably to the mounting portion of the valve stem. The apparatus has a valve stem extension with opposite first and second ends spaced apart along a rotational axis of the valve stem extension. The first end of the valve stem extension removably an...