ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,086, issued on March 3, was assigned to Suzhou University of Technology (Changshu, China).

"Fluid parameter measurement device with annular gap" was invented by Cheng Cao (Jiangsu, China), Jianfeng Guan (Jiangsu, China), Yuchen Pan (Jiangsu, China), Jun Wei (Jiangsu, China), Mengxiang Huang (Jiangsu, China) and Hui Yang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fluid parameter measurement device with an annular gap, including a base, a core column, and a swing block. The base is fixed to the core column and pivot-connected to the swing block. The core column penetrates a through hole in the swing block, sealed at ...