Ice protection system for a multi-segment aircraft component

US7837150B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• ROHR, INC. · US
• GOODRICH CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Joseph C. Zecca · San Diego, US
• Galdemir Cezar Botura · Akron, US
• Brian Bobby Burkett · Akron, US
• Claude Hubert · Riverside, US
• Michael John Layland · Chula Vista, US
• Timothy Robert Olson · Village of La Jolla, US
• James M. Roman · Akron, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: May 8, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft component includes a first segment having a first leading edge surface that extends to a first end of the first segment. The aircraft component also includes a second segment having a second leading edge surface that extends to a second end of the second segment. The second end is substantially adjacent to the first end of the first segment, and is connected to the first end. The first leading edge surface includes electrical resistance heating that extends to the first end of the first segment. In addition, the second leading edge surface includes electrical resistance heating that extends to the second end of the second segment. The electrical resistance heating is capable of providing ice protection heating immediately on either side of a juncture between the connected first and second ends.