US Patent Issued to EAGLE AEROSPACE, JCAI on Aug. 11 for "Device and system for inspecting aircraft prior to takeoff" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,513, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EAGLE AEROSPACE LTD. (Campbellford, Canada) and JCAI INC. (Cambridge, Canada).

"Device and system for inspecting aircraft prior to takeoff" was invented by Stephen Lyle McKeown (Campbellford, Canada), Jeffery Paul Campbell (Cambridge, Canada), Kelvin Williamson (Cambridge, Canada) and Linda Cato (Campbellford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for inspecting surfaces of an aircraft prior to takeoff. The system includes a device movable relative to the surfaces of the aircraft. At least one camera on the device is provided for determining conditions of the surfaces of the aircraft. ...