US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on Dec. 30 for "Level measurement in containers" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,397, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Level measurement in containers" was invented by Xeng Moua (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Prudencio Cabigao (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Levi Hellebuyck (Shelby Township, Mich.), Zachary Denny (South Lyon, Mich.) and Carlos Velasquez (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fill level measuring system for a container includes a housing and a radar module in the housing. A data exchange control module is in the housing and in communication with the radar module for transmitting information from the radar module to a user device. A battery is in the housing ...