US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on March 25 for "Rain-resistant, drainless, heated air data probe assemblies and associated methods of manufacturing" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,260, issued on March 25, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Rain-resistant, drainless, heated air data probe assemblies and associated methods of manufacturing" was invented by Jonathan Barak Flowers (Seattle), Andrew Ferguson (Seattle), Asintha Nanayakkara (Seattle), David M. Birch (Guildford, Great Britain) and Paul Nathan (Guildford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rain-resistant, drainless, heated air data probe assembly may comprise a probe having a central channel, one or more peripheral channels, and a heating element. In addition, inner surfaces of the channels may include hydrophilic surface...