US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Nov. 25 for "Ice crystal detection and qualification using vertical weather cell structure" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,057, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Ice crystal detection and qualification using vertical weather cell structure" was invented by Venkata A. Sishtla (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Xingming Wang (Marion, Iowa) and Jeffery A. Finley (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ice crystal detection and qualification are disclosed. The system for ice crystal detection may include an aircraft weather radar and processing circuitry. The aircraft weather radar may perform scans at one or more elevations at successive times. The processing circuitry may calculate power a...