US Patent Issued to LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE on Aug. 25 for "Sensor device for measuring the level of material contained in a container" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,763, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE (Paris).

"Sensor device for measuring the level of material contained in a container" was invented by Thierry Cosson (Mons en Baroeul, France), Rudy Houque (Saint-Andre-Lez-Lille, France), Florent Picavet (Marcq en Baroeul, France) and Peter Quiguer (Vendeville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device for measuring the level of material in a container, including: a shell, and at least one contactless level sensor housed inside the shell, the shell including a measurement window enabling the passage of a detection signal emitted by the sensor and the passage o...