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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Panayiotis Kiliaris, Nicosia, CY;
Philip Blakeley, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Chetan Laddha, Surrey, GB;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus including one or more sensor units. Each of the sensor units includes an inner shell, an outer shell, and a magnetic sensor array. The magnetic sensor array is disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell. The inner shell, the outer shell, and the magnetic sensor array have curved shapes that complements an outer surface of a pipe. The magnetic sensor array may comprise a plurality of printed circuit board strips. Each of the plurality of printed circuit board strips comprise a plurality of magnetic sensors distributed along each of the plurality of the printed circuit board strips.