US Patent Issued to 7-ELEVEN on Nov. 18 for "Measuring a volume of gas in liquid form stored in a tank using magnetic sensors" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,194, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to 7-ELEVEN INC. (Irving, Texas).

"Measuring a volume of gas in liquid form stored in a tank using magnetic sensors" was invented by Ramin Belivan (Plano, Texas) and Matthew O'Daniel Redmond (Denton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a rod placed inside a tank and configured to move a pre-configured distance as the level of a gas stored in the tank changes. A chamber is positioned in relation to a top region of the tank. A magnet is coupled to an upper portion of the rod and disposed inside the chamber such that the magnet moves with the rod. A circuit board is positioned adj...