US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Jan. 20 for "Void fraction sensor, flowmeter using the same, and cryogenic liquid transfer pipe" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,669, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Void fraction sensor, flowmeter using the same, and cryogenic liquid transfer pipe" was invented by Katsumi Nakamura (Koka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A void fraction sensor for measuring a void fraction of a cryogenic liquid includes a pipe having a conduit in which the cryogenic liquid flows, and an electrode provided on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe to measure capacitance of the cryogenic liquid flowing in the conduit. The pipe is composed of an even number of dividable ceramic members, and among the even number of ceramic members, at least...