ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,975, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ALPHITECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan) and KOFLOC CORP. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Coriolis mass flowmeter with no risk of metal ion elution" was invented by Shinya Otsuki (Chiba, Japan), Keiji Kido (Kyoto, Japan), Nozomi Kojima (Kyoto, Japan) and Shunta Furukawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Coriolis mass flowmeter whose targets of measurement include a corrosive fluid and which has no risk of elution of metal ions. The Coriolis mass flowmeter comprises a straight tube through which a fluid to be measured flows; a vibration exciter for exciting the tube to vibrate; a first vibration ...