US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Oct. 27 for "Integrated water shut off valve control system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,757, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Integrated water shut off valve control system" was invented by John Donovan (Bloomington, Ill.), Richard Jan Tjaden (Bloomington, Ill.), Susan Roth (Normal, Ill.) and Julie K. Fritz (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for automatically actuating preexisting water shut-off valves. A coupling of a valve actuator is connected to a handle of the valve, such that a motor of the valve actuator causes the selective opening and closing of the water shut-off valve. A controller monitors a...