ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,926, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Foreman Instrumentation & Controls Inc. (Houston).
"Modified thermocouple assembly" was invented by Timothy H. Foreman Jr. (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermocouple assembly is provided that includes a type 1 thermocouple for indicating a temperature T; a transmitter configured to receive a voltage input from a type 2 thermocouple; and a thermocouple translator device (TTD) connected to the TMD and to the transmitter. The TTD determines a voltage that corresponds to the temperature T for the type 1 thermocouple and determines a voltage output VO from a type 2 thermocouple that corr...