ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,976, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"In situ fluid sampling device and method of using the same" was invented by Ronald W. Myers (Dublin, Ohio), Andy Walker Brown (Richardson, Texas) and Stephan Michael Bork (Murphy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to a device for detecting fluid particle characteristics comprising: a collection fluid dispense assembly configured to selectively dispense a volume of collection fluid onto an absorbent media disposed within an internal sensor portion of a fluid composition sensor, producing a collection media based...