US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on July 1 for "Translating sections of an icing wind tunnel to expand water droplet range" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,612, issued on July 1, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Translating sections of an icing wind tunnel to expand water droplet range" was invented by Alan J. Fahrner (Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for translating sections of an icing wind tunnel to expand a size range of water droplets. The system includes: a set of actuators coupled to a set of sections of the icing wind tunnel; and a controller coupled to the set of actuators, wherein the controller is configured to: receive data relating to a water droplet generated within the icing wind tunnel; determine a directional impact on a ...