Patents
US 12703491 B2: Composite aircraft component with embedded piezoelectric ice protection
- Granted
- 2026-08-11
- Filed
- 2024-06-27 application 18755979
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Aircraft ice protection systems and methods include an aircraft component having an internal layer and an external layer, a piezoelectric actuator element embedded within the aircraft component between material of the internal layer and the external layer, and a control system operably connected to the piezoelectric actuator element and configured to drive actuation of the piezoelectric actuator element to at least one of remove ice formed on the aircraft component and prevent the formation of ice on the aircraft component.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 (ipgb20260811.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODRICH CORPORATION 1,817 patents | US company or organization | Charlotte, NC | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Ching | Hartville, OH | 42 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 | |
| Sugumaran Selvaraj | Bangalore, IN | 8 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 | |
| Rhushikesh Patil | Bangalore, IN | 12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 | |
| Jin Hu | Cary, NC | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 | ||
| Galdemir C. Botura | Copley, OH | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 | ||
| Shyam Kumar Dattatri | Bangalore, IN | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B64D | Equipment for fitting in or to aircraft; flight suits; parachutes; arrangement or mounting of power plants or propulsion transmissions in aircraft | B64D15/12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-11 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GOODRICH AEROSPACE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED signed 2024-06-28 | GOODRICH CORPORATION CHARLOTTE, NC | 68377/1 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2024-06-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHING, NATHANIEL signed 2024-06-19 HU, JIN signed 2024-06-26 BOTURA, GALDEMIR C. signed 2024-06-26 | GOODRICH CORPORATION CHARLOTTE, NC | 67856/841 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2024-06-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SELVARAJ, SUGUMARAN signed 2024-06-18 PATIL, RHUSHIKESH signed 2024-06-18 DATTATRI, SHYAM KUMAR signed 2024-06-18 | GOODRICH AEROSPACE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED BANGALORE, KARNATAKA | 67856/795 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
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