US Patent Issued to MICHIGAN AEROSPACE on Feb. 17 for "System and method for high speed sonic temperature and airspeed measurements for inputs to an air data system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,042, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MICHIGAN AEROSPACE Corp. (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

"System and method for high speed sonic temperature and airspeed measurements for inputs to an air data system" was invented by William Eric Johnson (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According the present invention, air velocity and speed of sound which can be used to estimate air temperature can be measured from a sonic anemometer system attached to an airborne platform. Using multiple sonic emitters and receivers coupled to an assembly attached to an airborne platform where the atmosphere is free to pass through the volume between the a...