US Patent Issued to Onicon on May 20 for "Insertion magnetic meters and methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,026, issued on May 20, was assigned to Onicon Inc. (Largo, Fla.).

"Insertion magnetic meters and methods" was invented by William S. Valentine (Largo, Fla.), Michael Upham (Largo, Fla.), Kevin Holler (Largo, Fla.) and Adam Sheppard (Largo, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared t...