US Patent Issued to Itron International on Dec. 9 for "Capacitive electrical conductivity sensor integrated in a water meter" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,927, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Itron International LLC.

"Capacitive electrical conductivity sensor integrated in a water meter" was invented by Stephane Vago (Pont de L Isere, France), Patrice Carre (Ecully, France), Gregory Pastor (Massy, France) and Vincent Mosser (Le Plessis-Robinson, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitive electrical conductivity sensor is integrated into a water meter. The sensor is used to determine water conductivity, which may be used to determine water quality. A model of a capacitor, a flow of water, and a plastic conduit used to conduct the flow of water passing through a water meter is d...