ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,490, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS (Plaisir, France).
"Combined de-icing device" was invented by Loic Boissy (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Romain Duperrier (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device deices an aerodynamic profile that has a lower surface, a plurality of unitary cavities delimited by a lattice of partitions on the lower surface, and a barrier arranged on the lattice of partitions. The surface includes a first plurality of holes which connect the unitary cavities to a device for generating a negative pressure in the cavities simultaneously so as to press the barrier onto the...