US Patent Issued to Neptune Technology Group on April 21 for "Flow detection using piezoelectric flexural element" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,489, issued on April 21, was assigned to Neptune Technology Group LLC (Tallassee, Ala.).

"Flow detection using piezoelectric flexural element" was invented by Mahesh Matam (Cumming, Ga.) and Jeffrey M. Fowler (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method are described in which a flow detection service is provided. The service may include use of a piezoelectric flexural element. The piezoelectric flexural element may be disposed in an inlet, an outlet, or a passageway via which a resource may flow. The piezoelectric flexural element may output a signal responsive to a transition from a zero-flow rate to a g...