US Patent Issued to Rosemount Aerospace on Sept. 9 for "Air data probe electronics housing with thermal isolating features" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,939, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Rosemount Aerospace Inc. (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Air data probe electronics housing with thermal isolating features" was invented by Andrew Gilb (New Prague, Minn.) and Lisa C. Graham (Prior Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some applications, aircraft air data probes are heated to prevent rain, ice, or other moisture from attaching to the air data probe, ensuring proper functionality of the air data probe. But the elevated temperatures can have negative effects on the electronic components positioned within the air data probe. Therefore, thermal isolating features are added to a hou...