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Engine and pod assembly for an aircraft, equipped with an anti-icing device including a source of radiation and pulse control unit connected to the source of radiation

US8997451B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2010
Grant dateApr 7, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02C7/047
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An engine and pod assembly for an aircraft includes a pod receiving an engine having an air intake. A rotating nose cone extends on the nose cone, as well as a device for limiting the formation of ice. The device includes means for creating a circumferential heterogeneity of ice on the nose cone.

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