ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,361, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC (North Olmsted, Ohio).

"Fluid monitoring and control system" was invented by Henry M. Halimi (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control device includes a fluid pipe section body, a fluid valve assembled within a fluid passage of the fluid pipe section body, a control enclosure assembled to the fluid pipe section body, an electric motor mounted to a base wall portion within the control enclosure and mechanically connected to the valve stem for actuation of the fluid valve, a transducer base installed in a transducer port in the fluid pipe sec...