US Patent Issued to Swagelok on July 28 for "Systems and methods for synchronized valve actuation" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,691, issued on July 28, was assigned to Swagelok Co. (Solon, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for synchronized valve actuation" was invented by William H. Glime III (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Daniel Gutmann (Burton, Ohio) and Frank Horvat (Aurora, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve control module includes a controller storing a real time operating system for controlling operation of the valve control module, at least one command signal input connector in circuit communication with the controller and connectable with an external device for receiving command signal pulses from the external device, at least one driver circuit in circuit...