ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,113, issued on June 10, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Segmented nacelle inlet lip with electric anti-icing system" was invented by Jeffrey W. Moe (Chula Vista, Calif.), John E. Van Doren (San Diego) and Aleksandar Ratajac (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a nacelle inlet structure. The nacelle inlet structure includes an inlet lip, an inner barrel, an outer barrel, a bulkhead and a plurality of structure segments. Each of the structure segments includes an exterior skin, an inner mount flange, an outer mount flange and an electric heater configured to ...