US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS on Oct. 20 for "Device for detecting frosting intensity for an aircraft in flight" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,649, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS (Plaisir, France).

"Device for detecting frosting intensity for an aircraft in flight" was invented by Stephane Le Garrec (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Philippe Portier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Marius Gurau (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting a frosting intensity for an aircraft in flight includes a surface for collecting the frost and measuring means capable of measuring the thickness of the frost deposited on the frost collection surface. The device further includes calculation means configured to determine, at predetermined time...