ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,578, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER (Blagnac, France) and SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).
"Impact detection device, associated detection system and aircraft equipped with such a system" was invented by Francois Guillot (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Serge Thierry Roques (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Nicolas Fanton (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact detection device includes an impact detector, a wireless communication device, an energy storage device, an autonomous electrical energy generation device, a device for receiving energy by radio frequency...