Flow body for an aircraft having an integrated de-icing system

US11794908B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventor

• Stefan Bensmann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D15/163
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A flow body for an aircraft with an integrated de-icing system. The flow body includes a front skin, an internal structural component, a lever having first and second ends, with an attachment point in-between, and an actuator. The actuator is spaced inside the front skin. The lever extends from the actuator to a front skin inner surface, the first end coupling with the front skin, and the second end coupling with the actuator. The attachment point is swivably supported on the internal structural component. The attachment joint is closer to the first end than the second end. The lever and the actuator apply an impulsive force in a transverse direction to the lever, such that the lever rotates around the attachment point, and such the first end urges the front skin to locally elastically deform for removing ice accretion from an outer side of the front skin.