ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,625, issued on March 24.
"Systems and methods for detecting aircraft magneto failure" was invented by Joseph R Goetz (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Christopher B Goetz (Gilbert, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for detecting failures in an aircraft ignition specifically a magneto. The system comprises at least one inductive pickup with a coil and lead that captures electromagnetic fields generated during engine operation. The coil generates an electrical signal in response to the captured electromagnetic field, which is transmitted through the lead to a signal processing system. The signal processing system includes a ...