ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,374, issued on July 28, was assigned to VEGA GRIESHABER KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Protection device for sealing a sensor device" was invented by Roland Welle (Hausach, Germany) and Levin Dieterle (Oberwolfach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective device for sealing a sensor device of an intermediate area outside a sensor device attached to a container, a measuring device, a container with a fastening device for fastening a protective device and the use of a protective device for sealing a sensor device of an intermediate area outside a sensor device attached to a container, in particular a level radar sensor arrangement....