ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,589, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc (Portland, Ore.).
"Airplane fuel contaminant detection system" was invented by Britton Coulson (Port Alberni, Canada) and Wayne Coulson (Port Alberni, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft-based fuel quality monitoring and alerting system is disclosed herein. The aircraft-based fuel quality monitoring and alerting system can include a first sensor configured to output a signal associated with contamination of fuel entering an aircraft through a first fuel inlet. The system can further include a processor configured to determine a first contamination level ...