US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on July 29 for "Aerospace antenna and network system for simultaneously delivering internet to aircraft and reporting air quality index parameters" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,230, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Aerospace antenna and network system for simultaneously delivering internet to aircraft and reporting air quality index parameters" was invented by James P Mitchell (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Sitaram Ramaswamy (West Hartford, Conn.) and Philip Harris (County Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system collects air samples at altitude and shares data among aircraft in a network. The system includes an antenna with an antenna housing; the housing defines air inlets and outlets. While in flight, air samples are collected through the inlets, process...