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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Degroff Aviation Technologies, Berne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Steven A. DeGroff, Decatur, IN (US);
Phillip R. Russell, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David J. Hockemeyer, Hoagland, IN (US);
Assignee:
DeGroff Aviation Technologies, Berne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/165 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/165 (2013.01); B64F 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a self-disengaging pitot tube cover having a split cylinder configuration and an internal release mechanism, which is triggered by a temperature sensitive mechanism upon detecting a predetermined temperature so that the pitot tube cover separates and is released from the pitot tube at a predetermined temperature.