US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on March 31 for "Piezoelectric leaf cell sensor array for multiphase gas-oil-water flow metering" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,537, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Piezoelectric leaf cell sensor array for multiphase gas-oil-water flow metering" was invented by Dwight W. Swett (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid sensor device for measuring properties of a fluid is disclosed. The fluid sensor device includes a leaf cell sensor having a piezoelectric structure acting on a subdomain of the fluid that flows through the piezoelectric structure to create an intrinsic Helmholtz cavity response, and an enclosure enclosing the leaf cell sensor and including (i) a flowthrough shroud having an inlet th...