ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,695, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Prathiba Ravindranath (Bangalore, India).

"System and method for preventing striking of foreign objects on an aircraft engine" was invented by Prathiba Ravindranath (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system 100 for preventing striking of foreign objects on an aircraft engine is disclosed. The system includes a sensing module 102 positioned at multiple locations on the aircraft engine to obtain data related to presence of a foreign object within a proximity of the aircraft engine. The system includes a processing subsystem 108 that includes an analysis module 114 to enable sens...