ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,867, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL "ESTEBAN TERRADAS" (Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain).

"System for controlling temperature of a body" was invented by Antonio Jesus Conesa Torres (Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain), Angel Cabrera Revuelta (Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain) and Mario Sanchez Garcia (Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling temperature of a body (6) comprising a DBD actuator (9) connectable to a power source to produce an ionic wind on the body; a control unit (8) to select an initial configuration and to control the power source (5) depending on a temperat...