US Patent Issued to Simmonds Precision Products on Nov. 3 for "Non-intrusive mounting of aircraft fuel pressure sensors" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,222, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Simmonds Precision Products Inc. (Vergennes, Vt.).

"Non-intrusive mounting of aircraft fuel pressure sensors" was invented by Joshua Girard (Vergennes, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an aircraft fuel tank defining an interior configured to store fuel for flight. The interior is defined by a plurality of tank walls including a vertical wing spar of a wing. An opening is defined through the vertical wing spar. A guide tube has a first end sealingly engaged in the opening of the vertical wing spar to prevent leakage between the guide tube and the opening. An optic fiber extends...