ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,501, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FliteLogix LLC (Amarillo, Texas).
"Aircraft refueling safety system" was invented by Walter Lehmer Dunn Jr. (Amarillo, Texas), Chad James Unrau (Amarillo, Texas), Vernon Lee Tindell (Amarillo, Texas) and Thomas Walter Hanke (Amarillo, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system ensures the correct type of fuel is dispensed in an aircraft while removing the introduction of human error in the refueling process. The system includes an RFID tag disposed at one or more aircraft that electronically stores data such as engine type, engine hours, fuel type, tail number, and pilot/subscriber data for ...