Thermal management for a flight deck or other aviation surface
US8713870B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B35/53
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A thermal management surface system comprises a substantially flat sheet and a plurality of support members. The sheet has a plurality of open funnel-like channels therethrough with a larger upper opening and a smaller, spout-like lower opening. The support members lie on a support surface in a spaced-apart arrangement with the sheet resting on the support members substantially parallel to and offset vertically above the support surface; the support surface and the sheet thereby define a containment space. Each of the spout-like lower openings is canted to impart lateral momentum on gas flowing into the upper opening and out of the lower opening. Groups of multiple contiguous channels can have spout-like lower openings canted substantially along a common direction, so that gas flowing out of those lower openings flows along the common direction through the containment space.
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