ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,885, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Te-Hsien Kao (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Tubular assembly and flow guiding device of the same" was invented by Te-Hsien Kao (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Meng-Chun Tsou (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular assembly includes a tubular member, a measuring instrument, and a flow-guiding device. The tubular member includes intersecting first and second tube walls respectively defining first and second passages for passage of a fluid therethrough. The measuring instrument is connected to the second tube wall, and detects physical conditions of the fluid flowing through the second passage. The fl...