US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Sept. 23 for "Charged air mass measurement for air data computation" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,945, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Charged air mass measurement for air data computation" was invented by Mark D. Severson (Coupeville, Wash.), Dejan Nikic (Seattle), James A. Grossnickle (Bellevue, Wash.) and Michelle Galgana (Burien, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enabling charged (ionized) air mass measurement for reliable air data computation onboard an aircraft. Ionic charge sensing may be used to derive air data having improved reliability. The systems and methods for ionic charge sensing employ an emitter electrode and two or more collector electrodes, ...