Ice shed reduction for leading edge structures

US7992823B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Edward Atwood Rainous · West Chester, US
• Barry Lynn Allmon · Maineville, US
• Jeffre Gerry Loewe · Cincinnati, US
• William Clarke Brooks · Lebanon, US
• Lee Alan Blanton · Cincinnati, US
• Courtney James Tudor · Cincinnati, US
• Vicky S. Budinger · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D15/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation; and a metallic icephobic plating comprising nickel applied to at least a portion of the flowpath surface.