ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,886, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Detection of a crosswind on a turbomachine from engine data" was invented by Almeric Garnier (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including at least two turbomachines disposed on either side of a main axis of the aircraft, the turbomachines each including a low-pressure shaft and a set of at least three sensors for controlling the operation of the turbomachine. The method including the following steps: for each turbomachine, acquiring the data of the set of at least three sensors, for each turbomachine, normalizing the first pressure with respect to t...