ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,472, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Electromagnetic transmission line sensors" was invented by Vivek T. Rathod (Mukilteo, Wash.), Adwait A. Trikanad (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Sanjay G. Bajekal (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a transmitter and receiver. The system may include an electromagnetic transmission line sensor configured as a passive sensor, configured to determine at least one of a presence of one or more objects or one or more additional sensing parameters, wherein the electromagnetic transmission line sensor is configured as a continuous sensor,...