ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,080, issued on July 15, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Detection of blockage in a porous member" was invented by Jerin Miller (Sewickley, Pa.), Ryan Alan Sherry (Wexford, Pa.), Robert Kevin Sexton (Butler, Pa.) and Robert Eric Uber (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor device to detect an analyte gas in an ambient environment includes a housing including an inner chamber and a port, a porous member through which the analyte gas transports in operative connection with the port to separate the inner chamber from the ambient environment, a sensor responsive to the analyte positioned with...