ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,212, issued on March 17, was assigned to Angus Measurement Services LP (Odessa, Texas).
"Universal instrument environmental shield" was invented by Erik J. Brown (Cushing, Okla.) and Douglas L. Griffin (Odessa, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods are provided for adaptable protective covers having adaptable applicability to a different measurement instruments. Examples include a housing element having a body that at least partially surrounding an opening along a central axis and extending in a direction approximately parallel to the central axis, a cover plate attached to the housing element that is configured t...