ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,560, issued on July 1, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Assemblies, circuits, and methods of transmitters between different equipment protection levels in a hazardous environment" was invented by Wilfredo Fernando Baluja (Warminster, Pa.), Chang Liu (Shanghai), Yasong Yu (Shanghai), Andrzej Jaroslawski (Raleigh, N.C.) and Wouter Frans Aerts (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a transmitter assembly for a hazardous environment. The transmitter assembly includes a transmitter that includes a transmitting unit and a probe. The transmitting unit is configured to be positioned in a first ...