ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,203, issued on May 27, was assigned to Piranha Plastics LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Flow dampener in flow measurement system" was invented by Charles A. Centofante (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow dampener for dampening pulsation in a fluid flow includes a body shell, a flexible membrane, and two flow ports. The body shell has an interior surface and an elongate groove formed on the interior surface. The flexible membrane is sealed to the interior surface of the body shell and covers the elongate groove. In some embodiments, the flexible membrane is over-molded onto the body shell. The flexible membrane cooper...