US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Dec. 9 for "Integrated ice protection with prognostics and health management" (Ohio, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,003, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Integrated ice protection with prognostics and health management" was invented by Galdemir Cezar Botura (Akron, Ohio), Casey Slane (Tallmadge, Ohio), Brandon Hein (Stow, Ohio) and Peter J. Carini (Underhill, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are embodiments for method and system for performing an integrated ice protection with prognostics and health management using fiber optic sensors. Embodiments can include reading a signal from each sensor of an array of sensors installed on a surface of a structure or equipment, wherein each sensor is a fiber opti...