ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,323, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to IFM Electronic GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Housing with venting sleeve and measuring device, and pressure measuring device for process measuring, comprising such a housing" was invented by Hans-peter Muller (Blitzenreute, Germany) and Robert Monnig (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a housing comprising a venting device (10) which is arranged on the housing (2) and which allows an ambient pressure to be supplied to the interior of the housing (2). The venting device (10) is made of a sleeve-like protective cap (11) with lateral openings (12) and a liquid-repella...