ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,315, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Foreman Instrumentation & Controls Inc. (Houston).
"Modified thermocouple assembly" was invented by Timothy H. Foreman Jr. (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermocouple assembly is provided that allows a first type of thermocouple to be used with thermoelements compatible with a second type of thermocouple. For a single thermocouple, a translator device measures a temperature using a new thermocouple and determines and outputs a voltage difference to existing thermoelements for a replaced thermocouple. For two or more thermocouples, a new terminal block is provided between an existing ...