ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,824, issued on June 3, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Device for measuring two physical quantities" was invented by Anders Ericsson (Pitea, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring a level of a physical condition includes a sensor configured to sense the physical condition and to produce an electrical output indicative of the sensed physical condition, the sensor having an input and an output, a direct voltage source connected to the sensor input, a current regulator connected in an electrical path between the direct voltage source and the sensor input, and a voltmeter connected in parallel...