US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Sept. 15 for "Measurement apparatus and method" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,380, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Measurement apparatus and method" was invented by Jin L Song (Birmingham, Great Britain), Garry Marchington (Derby, Great Britain) and Simon J Donovan (Nottingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement apparatus for measuring a flow rate of a powder includes a casing, a nozzle configured to dispense the powder, a fixture plate, a weighing scale, and a powder collector. The fixture plate includes a plurality of pinhole members. Each pinhole member includes a tip, a cylindrical hole extending from the tip, and a discharge passage. The cylindrical ...