US Patent Issued to Franklin Fueling Systems on Aug. 11 for "Adapter plate for coupling a water treatment controller to a valve body" (Indiana, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,195, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Franklin Fueling Systems LLC (Madison, Wis.).

"Adapter plate for coupling a water treatment controller to a valve body" was invented by Shawn B. Massie (Saint Paris, Ohio), Zachary K. Foster (Spencerville, Ind.) and Bryan D. Drummond (Bluffton, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter plate is provided for coupling a controller to a port of a valve, comprising: mounting tabs; an outer wall; retainer lugs and retention slots extending radially inward from the outer wall; and notches extending radially outward into the outer wall and spaced to align with snaps of the port. When the notches ...