ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,090, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Reducing condensate precipitate on inner surfaces of an outer skin of an aircraft" was invented by Victor Norrefeldt (Valley, Germany), Arnav Pathak (Valley, Germany) and Gerhard Riedl (Valley, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments relate to reducing condensate precipitate on inner surfaces of an outer skin of an aircraft and adjacent components. The condensate precipitate is reduced by supplying dry air to an upper region of an air gap which extends between the upper region and a lower region and is...