ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,297, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Aircraft fluid ice protection system" was invented by Charles William Rust (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid ice protection system for an aircraft includes a plenum back wall and a fluid delivery network. The plenum back wall is affixed to an interior surface of an inlet cowl of a nacelle of the aircraft to define a plenum between the interior surface and a front surface of the plenum back wall. The nacelle surrounds a rotor assembly of an aircraft propulsion system. The inlet cowl defines a plurality of perforations through a thickness of the...