ELECTRO-EXPULSIVE DE-ICING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
摘要
An apparatus for removing ice from an object (e.g., in-flight ice removal from the skin of an aircraft) includes an actuator assembly that forms an elongated electrically conductive loop. The actuator is mounted in a position enabling it to impact the object to be de-iced in response to movement of the loop that is produced by electric current pulses flowing in opposite directions in two mechanically independent loop subassemblies. The loop subassemblies include multiple electrically conductive elements interconnected at their ends using elongated flexible connectors in order to introduce a physical discontinuity that reduces any restriction of relative movement of the subassembly ends caused by the connectors.
申请公布号
EP2429898(B1)
申请公布日期
2016.04.13
申请号
EP20100794474
申请日期
2010.05.12
申请人
TMC AEROSPACE, INC.
发明人
OLSON, RICHARD, ALEXANDER;BRIDGEFORD, MARK, RONALD;VASQUEZ, MICHAEL, S.