Multipurpose sensor for aircraft
US7124630B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P13/025
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns a multifunction probe for aircraft. The probe measures the total pressure and measures the total temperature of an air flow surrounding the aircraft. The total pressure is measured by a first tube, the so-called Pitot tube oriented substantially along the axis of the air flow surrounding the aircraft, the total temperature is measured by a second tube open to the air flow and oriented substantially in the axis of the air flow. The first tube is situated inside the second tube. The invention also concerns a process for shaping a heating wire forming means of deicing of the multifunction probe. The process includes: winding the heating wire helically around a first mandrel, inserting the first mandrel into a second hollow mandrel, continuing the winding of the heating wire around the second mandrel, and placing the heating wire, thus formed, inside the two tubes and being fixed therein.
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