ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,631, issued on July 15, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Aircraft thermal anti-icing system" was invented by Francois Belleville (Varennes, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system is provided that includes a propulsor rotor, a powerplant, a cooling system, an anti-icing system and an aircraft structure. The powerplant is operatively and rotatably coupled to the propulsor rotor. The cooling system includes a cooling circuit and an air duct. The cooling circuit is thermally coupled with the powerplant to extract heat energy from the powerplant. The cooling circuit is thermally coupled ...