ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,187, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to UBUKATA INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Capacitive liquid sensor and method for installing capacitive liquid sensor" was invented by Shigehisa Ishii (Nagoya, Japan) and Yoshio Yamaguchi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitive liquid sensor includes a first frame and a second frame each and a plurality of first electrode plates and second electrode plates. The first frame and the second frame include through-portions through which the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are passed. The first electrode plates and the second electrode plates each include a d...