US Patent Issued to ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE on Nov. 25 for "Air data probe electronics housing with retention features" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,583, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC. (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Air data probe electronics housing with retention features" was invented by Andrew Gilb (New Prague, Minn.) and Rudy L Pitera (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some applications, aircraft air data probes are heated to prevent rain, ice, or other moisture from attaching to the air data probe. The body of the air data probe and the components positioned within the body of the air data probe can be constructed from differing materials, resulting in differing coefficient of thermal expansions for each component. Retention fe...