ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,240, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Integrated ice protection system" was invented by Brandon Hein (Stow, Ohio), Casey Slane (Tallmadge, Ohio), Jeffrey Martin Werbelow (Phoenix), Galdemir Cezar Botura (Copley, Ohio) and Matthew Hamman (Fairview Park, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling ice accumulation on a surface of an aircraft, the system includes a carbon nano-tube (CNT) heater comprising: a CNT layer; a first encapsulation layer disposed on a first side of the CNT layer formed of a first encapsulation layer thermoplastic material; and a second encapsulation layer di...