ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,418, issued on July 21, was assigned to Vega Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Arrangement of a sensor in a holding device having a double ring seal, sensor, and method for mounting a sensor" was invented by Fritz Lenk (Schiltach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement of a sensor in a holding device, the holding device having a passage opening and the sensor having a process connection at least partially inside the passage device, which achieves a reliable seal between the sensor and the holding device, wherein the holding device has an internal taper in a sub-region of the passage opening and the process connection ...