US 12,374,230 B2
Aerospace antenna and network system for simultaneously delivering internet to aircraft and reporting air quality index parameters
James P Mitchell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Sitaram Ramaswamy, West Hartford, CT (US); and Philip Harris, County Cork (IE)
Assigned to Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed by Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,667.
Prior Publication US 2024/0371282 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 5/76 (2025.01); G01S 13/95 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/76 (2025.01) [G01S 13/953 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft antenna element comprising:
an aircraft antenna;
an antenna housing;
an atmospheric gas sensor suite; and
at least one processor connected to a memory for embodying processor executable code,
wherein:
the antennas housing defines an air inlet;
the air inlet is in fluid communication with the atmospheric gas sensor suite; and
the processor executable code configures the at least one processor to:
receive sensor data from the atmospheric gas sensor suite;
produce a contrail dissipation prediction based on the sensor data;
establish a data connection via the aircraft antenna; and
transmit the atmospheric gas sensor data to a network via the data connection.