ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,391, issued on July 29, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Flow conditioner for severe flow disturbances" was invented by Rui Liu (Shanghai), Wen Peng (Shanghai), Dong Luo (Shanghai) and Li Yang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow conditioner includes a group of flow conditioning units including a first flow conditioning unit and a second flow conditioning unit. The flow conditioner also includes a mixing space for developing a flow. The mixing space is located between the first and second flow conditioning units. One of the first or second flow conditioning units can include one or more of a...