ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,393, issued on July 29, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Submersible autonomous fill-level measurement system" was invented by Roland Welle (Hausach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-sustaining sensor is provided, being configured to detect a fill level, a limit level, or a pressure of a medium or to measure an interface of a mixture of media in a transport container, the sensor including: a closed housing configured to be submerged in the medium; and a sensor element arrangement including one or more sensor elements arranged in or on the housing, in which the sensor is configured to rest on a bott...