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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Degroff Aviation Technologies, Llc, 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, LLC, Berne, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2024.01); G01F 1/46 (2006.01); G01P 5/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 1/026 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64F 1/005 (2013.01); G01F 1/46 (2013.01); G01P 5/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a self-disengaging pitot tube cover which is constituted by at least two separable sections where separation of the sections is controlled by temperature sensing and effected by an SMA latch holding the sections together; so that the sections separate from the pitot tube when a particular temperature condition inside the pitot tube occurs.