ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,191, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Aircraft lightning probable area detection device, aircraft lightning probable area transmission system, aircraft lightning probable area detection method, and aircraft lightning probable area detection program" was invented by Takashi Ikematsu (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Katou (Tokyo), Masato Ikehata (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Nishijima (Tokyo) and Fumiya Homma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an aircraft lightning probable area detection device, an aircraft lightning probable area transmission system, an aircraft lightning probable area detection meth...