US 12,360,134 B2
Angle of attack sensor with sloped faceplate
Mackenzie Whalen, Prior Lake, MN (US); Aaron A. Cusher, Eagan, MN (US); Armando Valdes Chavez, Lakeville, MN (US); Daniel Hanson, Shakopee, MN (US); Richard Alan Schwartz, Faribault, MN (US); Wallace Johnson, Prior Lake, MN (US); William B. Krueger, Bloomington, MN (US); and Kaleb Anderson, Goodhue, MN (US)
Assigned to Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/799,855
Filed by Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/019630
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/236190, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,256, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073840 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01P 13/02 (2006.01); B64D 43/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01P 13/025 (2013.01) [B64D 43/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/10 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An angle of attack sensor comprising:
a housing having an open end and a closed end;
a faceplate positioned on the open end of the housing, the faceplate comprising:
a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate;
a central opening; and
an exterior surface extending from the periphery to the central opening; and
a vane assembly extending through the central opening of the faceplate;
wherein the exterior surface of the faceplate has a sloped profile from the periphery to the central opening;
wherein the exterior surface of the faceplate has a slope equal to or between 6 degrees and 30 degrees.