ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,957, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Badger Meter Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Acoustic rail for clamp on ultrasonic flow meter" was invented by Michael A. Wusterbarth (Greenfield, Wis.), David Leckman (Naperville, Ill.), Paul W. Eserkaln (Oak Creek, Wis.), Robert M. Herriges (West Allis, Wis.) and Douglas W. Koehn (Waterford, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic flow meter configured to measure a flow within a conduit is described. The flow meter includes first and second transducers configured to transmit acoustic signals in forward and reverse direction as fluid flow signals along a fluid flow signal path through a fluid withi...