ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,734, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Method for manufacturing a fire-resistant part of an air conditioning system and part produced by such a method" was invented by Helene Cerda (Toulouse, France) and Jerome Rocchi (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for manufacturing a fire-resistant part of an air conditioning system for an air or rail transport vehicle, characterized in that it includes at least the following steps: a step of obtaining a part including at least one aluminum alloy surface portion, and a step of treating the aluminum alloy surface portion...