ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,741, issued on June 2, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter including a temperature measuring unit" was invented by Shiori Yamashita (Asaka-city, Japan) and Takuya Shibasaki (Ootsuki-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp-on type ultrasonic transducer that uses ultrasonic waves for measuring a flow rate of a fluid flowing inside a piping, the clamp-on type ultrasonic transducer including a temperature measuring unit that abuts against the piping and measures a temperature of the fluid via the piping. Further, an elastic member is provided between a device main body and an...