ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,345, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Auto-siphon drainage system for aircraft" was invented by James Brendan Rohrer (Fort Worth, Texas) and Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft comprising a fuselage; a vent disposed through a bottom surface of the fuselage; and a drainage system for transporting fluid leaked from a fluid source out of the fuselage via the vent in response to a first condition, the drainage system comprising a container having a top and a bottom; and a siphon tube within the container, the siphon tube having an inlet and a...