ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,075, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Fast admittance measurement method for piezoelectric leaf cell sensor array in multiphase gas-oil-water flow metering" was invented by Dwight W. Swett (Houston) and Robert Adams (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for fluid measurement is disclosed. The apparatus includes a leaf cell sensor having one or more piezoelectric radial components connected to a circumferential component, a first electrode positioned on a distal face of at least one radial component, a second electrode positioned on a proximal face of the at least one ...