US Patent Issued to SAFRAN NACELLES on March 24 for "De-icing of an aircraft part" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,591, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"De-icing of an aircraft part" was invented by Alain Nourrisson (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Hakim Maalioune (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A de-icing system which includes actuators attached to the part; and a device for controlling the actuators in order to vibrate the part. The control device is designed for the following, the actuators being divided into a plurality of groups: to control the actuators of a first one of the groups in order to establish a resonant frequency of the part; then to control the actuators o...