ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,963, issued on March 18, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Sensor apparatuses and systems" was invented by Georgios Karles (Richmond, Va.), Jeffery S. Edmiston (Mechanicsville, Va.), William A. Rees (Richmond, Va.) and David B. Kane (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor apparatus may include a conduit structure including an inner surface defining a conduit extending through an interior of the conduit structure, an inlet structure coupled to an end of the conduit structure, and a plurality of sensor devices in hydrodynamic contact with the conduit. The inlet structure may couple with an out...