ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,224, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sentinel Hydrosolutions LLC (Escondido, Calif.).

"Fluid leak detector with thermal dispersion flow meter and chronometric monitor" was invented by Robert Trescott (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-invasive thermal dispersion flow meter with chronometric monitor for fluid leak detection includes a heater, an ambient temperature sensor and a flow rate sensor which are configured to sense the temperature of a fluid in a conduit, and then monitor the flow of that fluid through the conduit. The fluid flow sensor is incorporated into a Wheatstone bridge circuit which is used to provide ...