US Patent Issued to SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET on Oct. 7 for "Deicing device for a sheath of a structural cable and a method for deicing a structural cable" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,468, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET (Rueil Malmaison, France).

"Deicing device for a sheath of a structural cable and a method for deicing a structural cable" was invented by Emmanuel Cros (Paris) and Miklos Toth (Les Lilas, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deicing device for a sheath of a structural cable, the structural cable comprising tendons housed in the sheath, the deicing device includes a base; a bearing element; and a power system configured to press the bearing element against the tendons while the base is in contact with an inner surface of the sheath, and to generate vibrations between the ...