ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,216, issued on March 17, was assigned to Woodward Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.).
"Ultrasonic mass fuel flow meter" was invented by Jordan Loren Loos (Rockford, Ill.), Gregory Warren Pulley (Loveland, Colo.) and Brian Lynn Swope (Janesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a sensor that includes a first axial sensor housing portion having a first cross-sectional area, a second axial sensor housing portion arranged adjacent to the first axial sensor housing portion along the sensor axis and having a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross...