US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung on Oct. 6 for "Apparatus with acoustically controlled flow range, system comprising such an apparatus and method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,593, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Apparatus with acoustically controlled flow range, system comprising such an apparatus and method" was invented by Jens-Ekkehart Appell (Ilmenau, Germany) and Thomas Sporer (Ilmenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a flow range configured to let a fluid having a flow characteristic flow. The apparatus includes actuator means configured to change the flow characteristic of the flow range and further includes acoustic sensor means configured to receive an acoustic signal and to output a sens...