US Patent Issued to Woodward on March 18 for "Ultrasonic flow meter flow control" (Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,396, issued on March 18, was assigned to Woodward Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Ultrasonic flow meter flow control" was invented by Jordan Loren Loos (Rockford, Ill.), Gregory Warren Pulley (Loveland, Colo.), Andrew Douglas Splitt (Loves Park, Ill.) and Brian Lynn Swope (Janesville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a fluid flow conditioning apparatus that includes a linear fluid conduit configured to define a linear fluid flow path, a fluid inlet defining an inlet fluid flow path that is non-parallel to the linear fluid flow path, a first fluid flow c...