ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,037, issued on July 14, was assigned to Vaisala Oyj (Helsinki).
"Acoustic wind measurement" was invented by Joonas Keitaanniemi (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind measurement apparatus comprises: cover and base portions arranged to allow for airflow therebetween; N receivers on the cover portion; a transmitter on the cover portion at a substantially equal distance from each of the N receivers; and a reflector assembly on the base portion. The reflector assembly is divided into N concave reflector portions. Each receiver is associated with one of the reflector portions. The reflector assembly and the base portion ar...