ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,237, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Diehl Metering GmbH (Ansbach, Germany).

"Method for operating an ultrasonic fluid meter for pressure determination using a piezoceramic ultrasonic transducer, and ultrasonic fluid meter" was invented by Florian Herrmann (Dinkelsbuhl, Germany) and Philip Wolf (Ansbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an ultrasonic fluid meter, preferably an ultrasonic water meter, in a fluid distribution network, includes using an ultrasonic transducer to generate an ultrasonic signal which passes through a measurement path, and determining a flow volume by using evaluation electronic...