US Patent Issued to INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS) on July 28 for "System for monitoring flow of fluid through a pipeline" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,143, issued on July 28, was assigned to INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS) (Chennai, India).

"System for monitoring flow of fluid through a pipeline" was invented by Krishnan Balasubramanian (Chennai, India) and Nishanth R. (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring flow of fluid through a pipeline is disclosed. The system includes a ferromagnetic strip mounted on an outer surface of the pipeline. A solenoid coil is wound around the ferromagnetic strip and is connectable to a power source. A plurality of magnets is positioned over the solenoid coil, wherein each of the plurality of magnets ...