Device for measuring the thickness of an accretion of ice on a surface and aircraft provided with such a device
US11919649B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D15/20
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for measuring the accretion of ice on a studied surface. The device has two arms, a first arm and a second arm, the second arm forming an enclosure for housing an image acquisition system disposed to acquire, through an orifice, images of a part of the studied surface located on the first arm. The device thus makes it possible to dissociate the support of the image acquisition system from that of the studied surface on which ice accumulates. Consequently, it is possible to place the second arm in the direction of the flow of the stream of air flowing along the aircraft while the first arm passes through the stream.
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