ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,668, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (Northville, Mich.).
"Fluid conduit with embedded sensors" was invented by Brian J. Cardwell (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Christopher Edward Couch (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid connector and method for measuring an operating parameter of a fluid conduit is disclosed. The fluid conduit includes a conduit wall enclosing a fluid channel wherein a fluid flows through the fluid channel from a first opening to a second opening. At least one sensor element is embedded within the conduit wall along the direction of the fluid channel between the first...