ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,017, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to STIEBEL ELTRON GMBH & Co. KG (Holzminden, Germany).
"Bearing component for flow sensor, flow metering unit and domestic appliance" was invented by Michael Grobe (Hoexter, Germany) and Steffen Klie (Lobach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow sensor of a domestic appliance has an axle that is substantially perpendicular in the installed state to the flow direction of a fluid channel of the domestic appliance. The bearing component is designed as a single part and has at least two interconnected limbs, each limb having an axle mount for one end of the axle of the flow sensor, wherein th...