US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on June 10 for "Sensing and communication system for rotorcraft" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,725, issued on June 10, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Sensing and communication system for rotorcraft" was invented by Michael S. Rubenstein (Wilmette, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining positional information of a rotorcraft includes a central controller and a first sensor unit. The first sensor unit is mounted to a first rotating portion of the rotorcraft and is in communication with the central controller. The first sensor unit includes one or more first receivers configured to receive signals from a remote transmission source. The first sensor unit also includes a processor c...