ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,244, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Refco Manufacturing Ltd. (Hitzkirch, Switzerland).

"Sensor device and condensate water removal device with a sensor device" was invented by Manfred Ulrich (Kastanienbaum, Switzerland), Michael Oswald (Lucerne, Switzerland) and Matthew MacDonell (Peacehaven, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device for detection of water, having an inlet connector with an inlet opening, and at least one sensor element, wherein the inlet connector is exposed to or connected to a source of water, the inlet opening forms at least a part of a reservoir for reception of the water from the source o...