ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,173, issued on July 29, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Sustainable hybrid piezoelectric matrix ice protection system" was invented by Sugumaran Selvaraj (Bangalore, India), Galdemir C. Botura (Copley, Ohio), Jin Hu (Cary, N.C.), Nathaniel Ching (Hartville, Ohio), Rhushikesh Patil (Bengaluru, India) and Shyam Kumar Dattatri (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sustainable hybrid piezoelectric matrix ice protection system is provided. The system includes at least one energy harvester and anti-icing device and an energy storage device. Responsive to electrical power generated by the at least one energy ...