ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,220, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MICRO MOTION INC. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Detecting an orientation of a vibratory meter and compensating a measurement based on the detected orientation" was invented by Marc Allan Buttler (Erie, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meter electronics (20) for detecting an orientation and compensating a measurement based on the detected orientation is provided. The meter electronics (20) comprises an interface (401) configured to communicatively couple to a sensor assembly (10) and a processing system (402). The processing system (402) is configured to detect an orientation of the sensor assembly (...