US Patent Issued to Simmonds Precision Products on Feb. 17 for "Fluid quantity sensor systems" (North Carolina, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,758, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Simmonds Precision Products Inc. (Vergennes, Vt.).

"Fluid quantity sensor systems" was invented by Charles Jeff Allred (Shelburne, Vt.) and Christopher Wilson (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid quantity sensor system for sensing a fluid quantity in a fluid tank can include one or more strain sensors configured to be disposed in physical communication with the tank to sense a strain on one or more portions of the tank. The one or more strain sensors can include at least a first strain sensor disposed in physical communication with a first portion of the tank, and a second ...