US Patent Issued to RTX on July 14 for "Normal interface surface mating sensor" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,836, issued on July 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Normal interface surface mating sensor" was invented by Ronald J. Whiddon (Hartford, Conn.), Daniel James Graves (Amston, Conn.), Melanie E. Tibbetts (Portland, Conn.) and Eli Warren (Wethersfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A normal interface surface mating sensor includes a power source, a plurality of electrically conductive sensing elements, and at least one of an ammeter or a voltmeter. The voltmeter is connected in parallel with the first terminal and the second terminal of the power source. The plurality of electrically conductive sensing element...