ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,262, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Skyfora Oy (Helsinki).
"Aerological sonde and method for measuring meteorological conditions" was invented by Svante Henriksson (Helsinki), Antti Pasila (Helsinki) and Kim Kaisti (Helsinki).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerological sonde for measuring meteorological conditions in a cyclonic storm, the aerological sonde including a sonde casing having an outer casing surface and measurement unit arranged inside the sonde casing. The outer casing surface is arranged to form a sole drag surface of the aerological sonde such that a self-sustaining aerological sonde is formed. The measurement un...