US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on June 2 for "Fluid rheology measurement" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,811, issued on June 2, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Fluid rheology measurement" was invented by Fakuen Frank Chang (Houston), Nan Mai (Richmond, Texas) and Brady Kevin Crane (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a rotatable cylindrical housing and sensors. The rotatable cylindrical housing defines a longitudinal axis. The rotatable cylindrical housing is configured to couple to a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate the rotatable cylindrical housing about the longitudinal axis. Each sensor includes a cylindrical body, a torque sensor, and a shaft that couples the cylindric...