ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,384, issued on July 29, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"360 degree in-line pipe sensor assembly" was invented by Yahya T. Al-Janabi (Al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor, an assembly of the sensor with a pair of cylindrical pipes, and a method have dispose the sensor in-line with the pipes. The sensor has an annular electrode extending in a 360 degree range of detection of a first characteristic around a common longitudinal axis of the pair of pipes, which maximizes the range of detection of the first characteristic of the pipes. The annular electrode includes a conductor conn...