US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 25 for "Thermal anti-icing system for aircraft airframe exterior surface" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,588, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Thermal anti-icing system for aircraft airframe exterior surface" was invented by Paul R. Hanrahan (Sedona, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft is provided which includes an airframe, a propulsion system and a thermal anti-icing system. The airframe includes a body and a plurality of wings. The body extends longitudinally along a centerline. The wings are disposed to opposing lateral sides of the body. Each of the wings projects spanwise out from the body. The propulsion system is connected to the airframe. The thermal anti-icing system is configured...