US Patent Issued to ROHR on Aug. 5 for "Lip skin with hydrophobic and hydrophlic surfaces for an aircraft aerostructure" (California, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,990, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Lip skin with hydrophobic and hydrophlic surfaces for an aircraft aerostructure" was invented by Xiaolan Hu (San Diego), Katherine Urena Pimentel (Manchester, Conn.), Steven Poteet (Lake Forest, Calif.) and David L. Rose (Cardiff By The Sea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air inlet section for an aircraft propulsion system nacelle includes an outer skin, an inner skin, and a lip skin. The lip skin extends between and to an outer end and an inner end. The outer end is disposed at the outer skin. The inner end is disposed at the inner skin. The lip skin f...