ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,397, issued on March 18, was assigned to KAMSTRUP A/S (Skanderborg, Denmark).
"Ultrasound flow meter" was invented by Lotte Holmegaard (Skanderborg, Denmark) and Peter Schmidt Laursen (Skanderborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound flow meter includes a housing (1) which includes a channel (2) for leading through a fluid, which fluid flow rate is to be measured. Two ultrasound transducers are arranged on the wall which delimits the channel (2), within the housing (1). The ultrasound transducers are fixed within the housing by a non-releasable snap connection and/or clamping connection."
The patent was filed on Ju...