ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,530, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC (Wallingford, Conn.).

"Real time water content and water-cement monitoring on a ready-mix concrete truck" was invented by David V. Newton (Madison, Conn.) and Michael A. Davis (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for real time water content and water cement monitoring on a ready-mix concrete truck includes at least one real time moisture measurement module or sensor configured to sense continuous real time moisture measurements of a batch of wet cement loaded into a rotating drum of a ready-mix concrete truck; and provide signaling containing...