US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on June 16 for "Oil level sensing and fault detection" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,166, issued on June 16, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Oil level sensing and fault detection" was invented by Devin Andrew Riles (Wichita, Kan.), Gregory F. Light (Wichita, Kan.), Philip M. Knapp (Wichita, Kan.), Joseph Hambleton (Wichita, Kan.) and Scott A. Seaton (Towanda, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil level measurement system for an aircraft engine includes a magnetic float disposed in the aircraft engine, a first sensor ladder configured for sensing a position of the magnetic float, and a second sensor ladder configured for sensing a position of the magnetic float. A controller is confi...