ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,485, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rosemont Aerospace Inc. (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Additive material integrated heater deposited or embedded within an ice detector" was invented by Jamison K. Roman (Elko New Market, Minn.), Matthew Webb (Lakeville, Minn.) and Jeremiah Schweitzer (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut of a magnetostrictive oscillator includes a strut body which includes an airfoil with a first end, a second end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side, and a second side. The strut further includes a heater element within the first side and second side, wherein the heater element connects fr...