ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,858, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U (Madrid) and AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Gas detection in an enclosed space" was invented by David Vicente Oliveros (Madrid) and Christopher J. Woods (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas detection system that detects gas inside an enclosed space of an aircraft system on board in an aircraft. The system is used in a method for determining the presence of a gas inside an aircraft system by means of a detection system installed on the aircraft system. The system monitors and/or detects a vacuum leak or of fire inside an aircraf...