ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,940, issued on March 3, was assigned to KUQI INVESTMENT Co. LTD. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Valve with capability to self-anticipate failure" was invented by Yi-Ming Fan (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve with capability to self-anticipate failure has a body which is provided with at least one sensor assembly and a controller. The sensor assembly outputs a plurality of time-dependent sensing signals of a first operation parameter of the spindle of the valve or a plurality of time-dependent sensing signals of a second operation parameter of the valve door of the valve. The controller includes a storage unit, a ...