ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,050, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Thermal mass fluid flow sensor" was invented by Cole Emerson Feagler (Irvine, Calif.), Sakyasingh Tripathy (San Diego), Brian Ray Hipszer (Irvine, Calif.), Feras Al Hatib (Irvine, Calif.) and Hengchu Cao (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are thermal mass flow sensors that combine calorimetric and anemometric (e.g., hot-wire) elements to provide a hybrid approach to determining flow rate of a liquid. The flow probes or flow sensors are configured to use a heater to apply heat to a thermally-conducting material in con...