ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,006, issued on April 1, was assigned to Rheonics GmbH (Winterthur, Switzerland).
"Fluid property sensors having superimposed vibrations" was invented by Joe Goodbread (Winterthur, Switzerland), Daniel Brunner (Illnau, Switzerland) and Sunil Kumar (Winterthur, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid property sensors described herein may include a resonator configured to be immersed in a fluid or flowable medium and a vibrator coupled to the resonator, such that vibrations of the vibrator are transmitted to the resonator, e.g., to discourage and/or remove any buildup or deposits on the resonator and/or increase accuracy of the...