ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,524, issued on June 10, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Adjustable ice protection system parting strip" was invented by Vincent R. LoPresto (Eagan, Minn.) and Galdemir Cezar Botura (Copley, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrothermal ice protection system (IPS) installed on an aircraft includes a sensor, a parting strip assembly, and a controller. The sensor monitors a direction of a local incident airflow that is imparted on the sensor. The parting strip assembly is coupled to the critical surface and includes a plurality of heating sections. The controller is in signal communication with the sensor and ...