US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on Nov. 11 for "Anti-icing, de-icing, and heating configuration, integration, and power methods for aircraft, aerodynamic, and complex surfaces" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,564, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Anti-icing, de-icing, and heating configuration, integration, and power methods for aircraft, aerodynamic, and complex surfaces" was invented by Brett R. Burton (Columbus, Ohio), Ioan I. Feier (Columbus, Ohio) and Timothy J. Lastrapes (Powell, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Anti-icing methods and aerodynamic structures having laminated resistive heaters for de-icing are described. Several of the inventive aspects utilize laminated resistive heaters comprising a carbon nanotube layer and/or capacitors to store and supply electricity. The invent...