US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Nov. 11 for "Void fraction sensor, flowmeter using the same, and cryogenic liquid transfer pipe" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,775, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Void fraction sensor, flowmeter using the same, and cryogenic liquid transfer pipe" was invented by Katsumi Nakamura (Koka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A void fraction sensor according to the present disclosure includes an insulating pipe having a through hole through which a cryogenic liquid flows, and a pair of planar electrodes mounted on an outer wall surface of the insulating pipe. The insulating pipe has electrode mounting portions at which a distance D1 between inner wall surfaces in a direction perpendicular to electrode surfaces of the pair of pl...