ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,411, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Safran Nacelles (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"System for cooling a refrigerant for an aircraft comprising a safety heating device and method for using such a system" was invented by Pierre Charles Caruel (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (1) for cooling a refrigerant (R) for an aircraft comprising a plurality of ducts (2) for circulating the refrigerant (R) that are configured to be at least partially in contact with an airflow (A) so as to cool the refrigerant (R) through convection, the cooling system (1) comprising a safety heating device (3) extending inter...