US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Dec. 16 for "Systems and methods for fill level detection" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,261, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for fill level detection" was invented by Austin Huguenard (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fill level detection system includes a pumphouse and a container connectable to the pumphouse. A vibration generator and an accelerometer are mounted to the pumphouse. A controller is in signal communication with the vibration generator and the accelerometer. The controller is configured for activating the vibration generator and the accelerometer, accessing acceleration data, deactivating the vibration generator and the accelero...