ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,155, issued on March 31, was assigned to AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH (Taufkirchen, Germany).

"Apparatus for detecting turbulence" was invented by Martin Hanel (Taufkirchen, Germany) and Tobias Rath (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for detecting and evaluating turbulence for an aircraft. The apparatus contains a measuring device for acquiring a value, which indicates a movement of the aircraft relative to the earth, and a second measuring device for acquiring a second value, which indicates a movement of the aircraft relative to the air. The apparatus contains a computing system which receives the t...