ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,299, issued on March 25, was assigned to Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG (Heidenheim, Germany).
"Method for measuring the size of a leak flow of a seal" was invented by Lukas Hoerger (Heidenheim, Germany) and Guenther Schwenk (Heidenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for measuring the size of a leakage flow of a seal. In exemplifications of the disclosure, a leakage sensor is provided on a leakage side of the seal, said leakage sensor comprising at least one heating element and at least two temperature sensors which are in heat-transferring connection with the leakage flow. In exemplificati...