公开(公告)号：US20160280379A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-29

申请号：US15076598

申请日：2016-03-21

申请人： General Atomics

发明人： Alan M. Giles ,  James T. Machin ,  John A. Geriguis

IPC分类号： B64D15/20 ,  B64D15/22 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C11/16 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64C3/00

CPC分类号： B64D15/20 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C11/16 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64D15/163 ,  B64D15/22

摘要： Methods and systems are generally described that inhibit debris (such as ice) accretions and/or remove debris (such as ice) accretions from the exterior surface of an aircraft. In some embodiments, the invention is a system for an aircraft comprising: a component of the aircraft having a surface; a plurality of piezo-kinetic actuators each positioned proximate to a portion of the surface; and a control unit coupled to the plurality of actuators, the control unit configured to actuate one or more of the actuators at one or more frequencies; wherein the actuators are each configured to introduce a displacement of the surface in three dimensions to inhibit a formation of ice on at least the portion of the surface and to break up existing ice formations on at least the portion of the surface.

摘要翻译： 通常描述的方法和系统是抑制来自飞行器外表面的碎片（例如冰）的积聚和/或去除碎片（例如冰）的积累。 在一些实施例中，本发明是用于飞行器的系统，其包括：具有表面的飞机的部件; 多个压电动力学致动器，每个定位成靠近所述表面的一部分; 以及耦合到所述多个致动器的控制单元，所述控制单元被配置为以一个或多个频率致动所述致动器中的一个或多个; 其中所述致动器各自被构造成在三维空间中引入所述表面的位移，以阻止在所述表面的至少所述部分上形成冰并在所述表面的至少一部分上分解现有的冰层。

公开(公告)号：US20180037329A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15788716

申请日：2017-10-19

申请人： General Atomics

发明人： Alan M. Giles ,  James T. Machin ,  John A. Geriguis

IPC分类号： B64D15/20 ,  B64C11/16 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64D15/22 ,  B64C9/00

CPC分类号： B64D15/20 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C11/16 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64D15/163 ,  B64D15/22

摘要： Methods and systems are generally described that inhibit debris (such as ice) accretions and/or remove debris (such as ice) accretions from the exterior surface of an aircraft. In some embodiments, the invention is a system for an aircraft comprising: a component of the aircraft having a surface; a plurality of piezo-kinetic actuators each positioned proximate to a portion of the surface; and a control unit coupled to the plurality of actuators, the control unit configured to actuate one or more of the actuators at one or more frequencies; wherein the actuators are each configured to introduce a displacement of the surface in three dimensions to inhibit a formation of ice on at least the portion of the surface and to break up existing ice formations on at least the portion of the surface.

公开(公告)号：US09821915B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-21

申请号：US15076598

申请日：2016-03-21

申请人： General Atomics

发明人： Alan M. Giles ,  James T. Machin ,  John A. Geriguis

IPC分类号： B64D15/20 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C11/16 ,  B64D15/22

CPC分类号： B64D15/20 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C11/16 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64D15/163 ,  B64D15/22

摘要： Methods and systems are generally described that inhibit debris (such as ice) accretions and/or remove debris (such as ice) accretions from the exterior surface of an aircraft. In some embodiments, the invention is a system for an aircraft comprising: a component of the aircraft having a surface; a plurality of piezo-kinetic actuators each positioned proximate to a portion of the surface; and a control unit coupled to the plurality of actuators, the control unit configured to actuate one or more of the actuators at one or more frequencies; wherein the actuators are each configured to introduce a displacement of the surface in three dimensions to inhibit a formation of ice on at least the portion of the surface and to break up existing ice formations on at least the portion of the surface.