ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,651, issued on April 14, was assigned to THALES (Meudon, France).
"Probe for measuring static or parietal pressure" was invented by Romain Hodot (Valence, France) and Lilian Cauchard (Valence, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe for measuring static or parietal pressure includes a pressure sensor module, a mounting plate equipped with air inlets which is intended to be mounted on the skin of an aircraft, and a shut-off means equipped with shut-off fingers which are configured to plug the air inlets of the mounting plate, and an actuator, controlled by a control module, configured to move the shut-off means in a translation...