ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,580, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft system" was invented by Ashley Bidmead (Bristol, Great Britain) and Florian Andre Joseph Becher (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system for an aircraft is disclosed having a controller that is configured to receive at least one signal during a landing procedure of the aircraft and to determine that the aircraft is at a predetermined stage in the landing procedure, on the basis of the at least one signal. The predetermined stage in the landing procedure is before a command to extend at least one landing ...