ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,353, issued on Jan. 27.
"System modelling using fluid transfer and storage" was invented by Jan Metzger (Kowloon, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid-based system model is described. The fluid model may include multiple vessels that each store an amount of fluid. The vessels may be coupled to each other via pumps and conduit. Volumes of the fluid in each vessel may be determined and used to control the operations of the pumps such that fluid is transferred among vessels based on the associated volume(s). The fluid model may provide a visual and/or physical representation of various systems or system components."
The pat...