ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,924, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to M&S Flowmatics Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Devices, systems and methods for measuring flow" was invented by Manjit Misra (Ames, Iowa) and Yuh-Yuan Shyy (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-vertical flow meter is provided that includes a chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet, wherein the chamber, the inlet and the outlet are disposed at a non-vertical angle. The non-vertical flow meter also includes a pivoting sensing surface and a load cell. The pivoting sensing surface disposed on an interior surface of the chamber, and the load cell is in operational communication with the pivoting sens...