ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,904, issued on March 3, was assigned to Rosemount Inc. (Shakopee, Minn.).
"Field device mount" was invented by Timothy R. Meschke (Carver, Minn.), Nathan S. Loya (Cologne, Minn.), Jeffrey A. Cota (Rosemount, Minn.) and Meagan C. Dobratz (Carver, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field device mount includes a union configured to couple to a field device. A clamp foot is coupled to the union and is configured to engage fluid handling equipment. A tensioner assembly is coupled to the clamp foot and includes a tensioner bracket. A biasing member is disposed to urge the tensioner bracket away from the clamp foot. A band is configured...