US Patent Issued to Rohr on Nov. 3 for "Loss of load path detection system for aircraft propulsion system nacelle and method for using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,435, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Loss of load path detection system for aircraft propulsion system nacelle and method for using same" was invented by Imad Ghandour (San Diego), Luke Robinson (San Diego) and Joshua Pritekel (La Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine, a nacelle housing the gas turbine engine, a load cell disposed on the nacelle, and a controller. The load cell is configured to measure a loading of the nacelle at a structural load path position of the nacelle. The controller is connected in signal comm...