ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,106, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Nautical Control Solutions LP (Spring, Texas).
"Portable fuel metering system" was invented by Thomas Smith (Houston), John Donovan (Spring, Texas), Emerson Ornstein (Houston), Brian Doyle (Conroe, Texas) and Anthony George (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable fuel metering system (PMU) is described. The PMU has one or more flow meters capable of metering the flow of fluids, such as fuel, as the fluid is transferred from a source to a receiver. The PMU may include a telemetry unit configured to transmit parameters related to the fuel transfer to remote location. The PMU...