US Patent Issued to Safran Landing Systems Canada on June 23 for "Redundant sensor system for common mode failure avoidance" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,139, issued on June 23, was assigned to Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc. (Ajax, Canada).

"Redundant sensor system for common mode failure avoidance" was invented by Robert Kyle Schmidt (Brooklin, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A redundant sensor system includes first and second sensors of the same type. The first and second sensors are configured to sense and measure a parameter, such as torque, applied to an object, such as a shaft. A preselected measurement value difference is provided between the first and second sensors. The preselected measurement value difference, such as an offset or a difference in sensor gain, can b...