US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 20 for "Systems and methods for monitoring a flow of a fluid on an external surface of a structure in motion" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,068, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring a flow of a fluid on an external surface of a structure in motion" was invented by Kevin M. Mejia (Sammamish, Wash.), Russell Westphal (Atascadero, Calif.), Andy Wu (San Ramon, Calif.) and Zachary Deeds (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for monitoring a flow of a fluid on an external surface of a structure in motion. The structure defines an external side comprising the external surface and an internal side opposed from the external side. The system comprises a fluid dispensing device located on the in...