ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,032, issued on Sept. 9.

"Ultrasonic flowmeter and method for determining the velocity of a flowing medium" was invented by Michael Vogt (Bochum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic flowmeter includes at least a first, a second, and a third ultrasonic transducer, and a control and evaluation unit for controlling the ultrasonic transducers and for evaluating measured signals. The flowmeter is configured such that, during operation, the first and second ultrasonic transducers are arranged on a measuring tube offset relative to one another such that a measuring path is present therebetween. The measuring path is defined...