ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,681, issued on June 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Aircraft precipitation monitoring system" was invented by Luis Alexander Muniz (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system includes a gas turbine engine, an altitude sensor configured to measure an altitude of the aircraft, and an electrostatic charge sensor inlet debris monitoring system configured to detect particulates entering the engine. The aircraft system further includes a precipitation monitoring controller configured to determine the presence of sea spray based on the altitude and the presence of precipitation based on an...