Patent ID: 9278761
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B64D

Claim Text:
1. An aerial refueling assembly, comprising: a pressure transducer; a processor coupled to the pressure transducer; a fuel dispensing end portion, positionable distally from a first aircraft and configured to interface directly with a probe of a second aircraft, the probe configured to receive fuel from the first aircraft via the fuel dispensing end portion; and one or more light sources operably coupled to the processor and secured to the fuel dispensing end portion, wherein the pressure transducer is configured to sense a fuel pressure inside the aerial refueling assembly and to provide a signal that is indicative of the sensed fuel pressure inside the aerial refueling assembly, wherein the processor is configured to receive the signal and to cause the one or more light sources to flash in a manner that indicates a status of a grip between the fuel dispensing end portion and the probe of the second aircraft.