ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,058, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to INFICON GMBH (Cologne, Germany).
"Sniffer probe with shielding" was invented by Jochen Puchalla-Konig (Cologne, Germany), Erik Rolff (Cologne, Germany) and Silvio Decker (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sniffer probe (10) for drawing in gas when searching for gas leaks, the sniffer probe having at least one sniffer tip (11), and an intake opening (16) being provided which is connected via a connecting line to a main sniffer line which can be connected to a gas leak detector. The sniffer tip (11) is provided in the region of the intake opening (16) with f...