US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on July 8 for "Fiber optic slat flap system and control lever" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,295, issued on July 8, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Fiber optic slat flap system and control lever" was invented by Darrell E. Ankney (Dixon, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system performs a method of controlling a wing of an airplane. The control system includes an optical fiber, a bending device and a processor. The optical fiber is configured to receive light having an input optical phase. The bending device applies an external force on the optical fiber. The external force causes the light exiting the optical fiber to have an output optical phase. a processor determines a phase shift...