ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,471, issued on July 15.
"Semi-trailer and intermodal chassis de-icing systems" was invented by Theodore David Mansfield (Charleston, W.va.), Laurence Jay Levine (Henderson, Nev.) and Blake Naccarato (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ice removal and prevention of ice accumulation on semi-trailers and intermodal shipping container chassis systems includes a power supply, a semi-trailer having at least one surface; a plurality of heating elements mounted and spaced apart at regular intervals from one another on at least one surface of the semi-trailer, at least one temperature sensor, a temperature controller having...