ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,796, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH (Lindenberg, Germany).

"System and method for monitoring and/or detecting an operational state of a movable component of an aircraft" was invented by Christian Kohloffel (Amtzell, Germany) and Raphael Ladner (Leutkirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system for monitoring and/or detecting an operational state of a movable component of an aircraft, wherein the system has a movable component and a monitoring device, wherein the system also has a combination sensor connected to the monitoring device, which is designed a...