US Patent Issued to SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES on July 22 for "Structures to limit collision damage for aircraft" (California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,482, issued on July 22, was assigned to SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC. (Cypress, Calif.).

"Structures to limit collision damage for aircraft" was invented by Keenan A. Wyrobek (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Gavin K. Ananda Krishnan (San Carlos, Calif.), Brendan J. D. Wade (San Francisco), Philip M. Green (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Randall R. Patterson (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an aircraft. The aircraft includes a peripheral assembly, such as a sensor probe. The aircraft further includes a release assembly connecting the peripheral assembly to a portion of the aircraft. The relea...