US Patent Issued to CIDRA CONCRETE SYSTEMS on May 20 for "Techniques for monitoring slump characteristic of concrete in a rotating container or drum" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,170, issued on May 20, was assigned to CIDRA CONCRETE SYSTEMS INC. (Wallingford, Conn.).

"Techniques for monitoring slump characteristic of concrete in a rotating container or drum" was invented by Michael A. Davis (Glastonbury, Conn.), Douglas H. Loose (Southington, Conn.), David Vincent Newton (Madison, Conn.), Charles Winston (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Alan D. Kersey (South Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system features an acoustic sensor configured to mount on a wall of a mixing drum, sense an acoustic characteristic of a mixture of a slurry, including concrete, contained in a mixing drum when rotating, and pro...