US Patent Issued to Micro Motion on Aug. 12 for "Multifluid detection and totalization in a vortex flow meter" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,767, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Micro Motion Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Multifluid detection and totalization in a vortex flow meter" was invented by Jeffry D. Foster (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Randy K. Paschke (Golden Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vortex flow includes a flowtube configured to receive a flow of process fluid. A shedder bar is disposed within the flowtube and is configured to generate vortices in the flow of process fluid. A vortex sensor is disposed to sense vortices in the flow of process fluid generated by the shedder bar. Measurement electronics are operably coupled to the vortex sensor and ...