ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,363, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to De-Ice Technologies Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).
"De-icing systems and control" was invented by Alexandru Bratianu-Badea (Boston), Ruben Toubiana (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher Buenrostro (Lexington, Mass.), Nathan Fritz (Cambridge, Mass.) and Curtis Serrano (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally directed to methods and systems for heating the exterior surface of a bulk medium such as an aircraft. An exemplary system includes a series of individual heating elements, a sensor, and a control system. The heating elements are arranged on a skin of the an...