Patents by Inventor Kenny Tu Khuong

Kenny Tu Khuong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aircraft ice protection systems
    Patent number: 11008109
    Abstract: Ice protection systems for aircraft, and methods of their manufacture, where the ice protection system includes a metallic substance applied to a nonconductive substructure of the external skin portion at a leading edge of an aircraft, an electrical power source, and a conductor circuit electrically connecting the power source across the metallic substance. In particular, the metallic substance may be applied to a nonconductive substructure on an annular inlet surface of an aircraft nacelle lip skin, and a power source can be electrically connected across the metallic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenny Tu Khuong, Michael James Basala
  • AIRCRAFT ICE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200017222
    Abstract: Ice protection systems for aircraft, and methods of their manufacture, where the ice protection system includes a metallic substance applied to a nonconductive substructure of the external skin portion at a leading edge of an aircraft, an electrical power source, and a conductor circuit electrically connecting the power source across the metallic substance. In particular, the metallic substance may be applied to a nonconductive substructure on an annular inlet surface of an aircraft nacelle lip skin, and a power source can be electrically connected across the metallic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenny Tu Khuong, Michael James Basala