ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,179, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Stretch sensor assembly and method of assembling stretch sensor assemblies for evacuation system inflatables" was invented by Poly Puthur John (Bangalore, India), Ashish Kumar Agarwal (Bangalore, India) and Harish Venkateshaiah (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stretch senor assembly may comprise a stretch sensor, a first housing and a second housing. The stretch sensor may include a first mounting end, a second mounting end, and a sensing region extending between the first mounting end and the second mounting end. The first housing may define...