US Patent Issued to Rosemount Aerospace on July 1 for "Angle of attack sensor with integral bearing support cage" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,731, issued on July 1, was assigned to Rosemount Aerospace Inc. (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Angle of attack sensor with integral bearing support cage" was invented by Richard Alan Schwartz (Faribault, Minn.) and Kaleb Anderson (Goodhue, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An angle of attack sensor includes a housing having an open end and a closed end. A faceplate is positioned on the open end of the housing. The faceplate comprises an integral bearing support cage that extends into the housing and is configured to accept a first bearing and a second bearing, a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate, a central opening, and an exterior...