ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,113, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VEGA GRIESHABER KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Fill level measurement arrangement for determining a level or volume of a filling material in a mobile container" was invented by Clemens Hengstler (Haslach, Germany) and Matthias Schmidt (Schonach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fill level measurement arrangement for determining a level or volume of a filling material in a mobile container, including a first sensor, for distance measurement, a second sensor, for position measurement, and evaluation circuitry, that determines by analysis of the position measurement or the position measurement whet...