US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on July 29 for "Electrically conductive materials for heating and deicing airfoils" (Missouri, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,172, issued on July 29, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Electrically conductive materials for heating and deicing airfoils" was invented by Patrick J. Kinlen (Fenton, Mo.) and Kenneth W. Young (Bear, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite airfoils of the present disclosure comprise a root section including a first surface. The airfoils comprise an intermediate section having a first surface and coupled with the root section at a first end. The airfoils comprise a tip section having a first surface and coupled at a first end with a second end of the intermediate section. The airfoils comprise a conductive ...