Patents Assigned to Enginuity, Inc.
  • Fluid sensing shut-off devices with timer and methods of operation
    Patent number: 7658203
    Abstract: Fluid sensing shut-off devices with timer and methods of operation to shut off fluid flow if a primary shutoff valve sticks in the on condition. An embodiment is disclosed using a microphone to sense fluid flow, with a microprocessor periodically awakening from a sleep mode to power the sensor and determine if there is flow. If there is flow, the microprocessor times flow, and if flow is not shut off within a predetermined length of time, the microprocessor shuts off the valve. The valve itself normally held in a magnetically latched, valve open state, but may be unlatched by a current pulse to close the valve. Various embodiments and applications are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Enginuity, Inc.
    Inventors: Thurman F. Hodge, Benjamin Grill, Oded Eddie Sturman
  • Fluid Sensing Shut-Off Devices with Timer and Methods of Operation
    Publication number: 20090173398
    Abstract: Fluid sensing shut-off devices with timer and methods of operation to shut off fluid flow if a primary shutoff valve sticks in the on condition. An embodiment is disclosed using a microphone to sense fluid flow, with a microprocessor periodically awakening from a sleep mode to power the sensor and determine if there is flow. If there is flow, the microprocessor times flow, and if flow is not shut off within a predetermined length of time, the microprocessor shuts off the valve. The valve itself normally held in a magnetically latched, valve open state, but may be unlatched by a current pulse to close the valve. Various embodiments and applications are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: ENGINUITY, INC.
    Inventors: Thurman F. Hodge, Benjamin Grill, Oded Eddie Sturman
  • Fluid sensing shut-off devices with timer and methods of operation
    Patent number: 7509975
    Abstract: Fluid sensing shut-off devices with timer and methods of operation to shut off fluid flow if a primary shutoff valve sticks in the on condition. An embodiment is disclosed using a microphone to sense fluid flow, with a microprocessor periodically awakening from a sleep mode to power the sensor and determine if there is flow. If there is flow, the microprocessor times flow, and if flow is not shut off within a predetermined length of time, the microprocessor shuts off the valve. The valve itself normally held in a magnetically latched, valve open state, but may be unlatched by a current pulse to close the valve. Various embodiments and applications are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Enginuity, Inc.
    Inventors: Thurman F. Hodge, Benjamin Grill, Oded Eddie Sturman