ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,344, issued on Jan. 27.
"Programmable cartridge-style hydraulic flow sensor" was invented by Dale G. Dietel (Waconia, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow sensor for sensing fluid flow. The flow sensor includes an exterior, interior, a circuit board, and first and second ports. The first and second ports permit fluid to flow into and out of the interior. A Hall Effect Sensor in the interior detects the number of revolutions of an impeller. An electric coupler interfaces with the flow sensor and a transmitter for communication of the revolutions of the impeller to a controller. The controller determines the rate of fluid flow i...