ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,377, issued on July 29, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Measure grid gas pressure by the residential gas meter" was invented by Bastiaan Kastelein (Hippolytushoef, Netherlands) and Guido Temme (Bad Iburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a gas meter to measure gas consumption and flow downstream for a gas regulator. The system also includes the gas regulator with an inlet connected to an upstream pipeline and an outlet connected to the gas meter. The system also includes a pressure sensor positioned within the gas meter to measure outlet pressure of the gas regulator. The gas m...