ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,635, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC (North Olmsted, Ohio).
"Turbine design for flow meter" was invented by Jeffrey A Scilingo (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine wheel used in a turbine flow meter includes a hub configured to be freely rotatably fixed in position inside a fluid pipe section. A first cylindrical rim is centered about the hub and the longitudinal axis and spaced a distance apart from the hub. A first vane set extends outwardly from the hub to the first cylindrical rim, wherein a root of each vane of the first vane set is attached to the hub and ...