Textron Innovations was granted a patent for a mechanical aircraft de-icing system.

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  "company": {
    "name": "Textron",
    "domain": "textron.com"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Textron Innovations patented an airfoil de-icing system for aircraft wings and other aerodynamic surfaces, using actuators to break away accumulated ice.",
    "summary": "Textron Innovations was granted a patent for a mechanical aircraft de-icing system.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
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        "name": "Gonzalo Eduardo Mendoza",
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    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12747024",
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    "patent_title": "Mechanical de-icing system",
    "patent_number": "US12747024",
    "uspto_assignee": "Textron Innovations Inc.",
    "patent_abstract": "A de-icing system for an airfoil includes a flexible skin having one or more stiffening elements embedded therein and one or more actuators positioned within the airfoil and configured to engage an impact area of the flexible skin with a displacement force. The stiffening elements extend substantially parallel to the leading edge of an airfoil and are placed in a chordwise succession proceeding away from the leading edge of the airfoil. The one or more stiffening elements are configured to transmit the displacement force to a non-impact area of the flexible skin adjacent to or near the one or more stiffening elements. The displacement force causes an outer surface of the flexible skin adjacent to the impact area to be distorted and an outer surface of the flexible skin of the non-impact area to be distorted.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A flexible airfoil skin with embedded stiffeners flexes when internal actuators strike it, cracking and shedding ice without relying on heated surfaces.",
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      "aircraft de-icing",
      "airfoil systems",
      "mechanical actuators",
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  -d '{"domain":"textron.com","limit":20}'