ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,898, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Radio frequency unit, fill level measuring device, and method" was invented by Christian Weinzierle (Wolfach, Germany), Christoph Mueller (Oppenau, Germany) and Steffen Waelde (Niedereschach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency unit for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere is provided, including: a carrier element, on which a radio frequency element is arranged, the radio frequency element being configured to transmit and/or receive a radio frequency signal; a housing, which delimits the radio frequency element at least in sectio...