ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,790, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Aircraft engine warning system and method" was invented by Barbara Lewis (North Richland Hills, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a display; and an engine control panel disposed below the display, the engine control panel including: engine control knobs; and alert indicators above the engine control knobs, the alert indicators including light bulbs that, when turned on, emit light in a single color that does not change, the display capable of rendering more colors than the alert indicators."
The patent wa...