US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Nov. 4 for "Automated adjustable geared orifice flow meter" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,956, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Automated adjustable geared orifice flow meter" was invented by Shadi Mohammed Al-Hazmi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohannad Marie Al-Shahrani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Hadi Abdulrahman Al-Shehri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmad Mohammad Al-Ahdal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable orifice flow meter system includes a housing defining a flow passage and at least one plate extending into the flow passage and defining an orifice. The at least one plate is movably supported such that a size of the orifice may be adjusted. ...