ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,136, issued on March 25, was assigned to NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (Shaanxi, China).

"Periodic pressure field measurement system and method based on superposed lifetime of pressure sensitive paint" was invented by Limin Gao (Shaanxi, China), Ning Ge (Shaanxi, China), Bo Ouyang (Shaanxi, China), Lei Wang (Shaanxi, China) and Xiangfu Lei (Shaanxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surface pressure measurements on rotating models are important for flow phenomenon identification, understanding flow mechanisms and model aerodynamic design. The disclosure discloses a periodic pressure field measurement system based on the s...