ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,062, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).
"Deformable and formable heating mat" was invented by Steven Gerard Joseph Bienvenu (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicon heating mat, the mat being formable and deformable and including a matrix made of elastic material, in which at least one cavity is arranged that fully passes through the matrix, the at least one cavity being intended to accommodate a resistive filament connected to a heating cycles management unit. Furthermore, the at least one cavity has an undulating layout, with each resistive filament being able to move inside...