US Patent Issued to Sur-Flo Meters & Controls on Sept. 22 for "Metering systems and methods" (British, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,671, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Sur-Flo Meters & Controls Ltd. (Calgary, Canada).

"Metering systems and methods" was invented by Steve Crawshaw (Thetford, Great Britain), Simon Blackmore (Thetford, Great Britain) and Darrell Nelson (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow meter run offers autonomous operation whilst improving measurement performance & confidence, increased safety and improving the total cost of ownership. A plurality of isolation valve assemblies each offer DBB (Double Block & Bleed) isolation to isolate a component or meter run section. This DBB isolation includes components being extracted f...