ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,294, issued on June 24, was assigned to Rosemount Aerospace Inc. (Burnsville, Minn.).
"Angle of attack sensor vane geometry" was invented by Armando Valdes Chavez (Lakeville, Minn.), Luke Anderson (Plymouth, 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 and a faceplate. A vane assembly extends through a central opening of the faceplate and includes a vane. The vane comprises a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first lateral face, and a second lateral face. The first lateral face and the second lateral face are symmetric about a chord of the vane and...