公开(公告)号：US20250042556A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18788756

申请日：2024-07-30

Applicant: Goodrich Corporation

Inventor： Sugumaran Selvaraj ,  Shyam Kumar Dattatri ,  Manjunath Hiremath ,  Rhushikesh Patil

IPC: B64D15/12 ,  B64D15/16 ,  B64D15/22

Abstract: A target material removal (TMR) element is provided and includes a body region; thermal elements within the body region; and vibration elements within the body region. The TMR element is controlled to perform TMR operations that include one or more of the thermal elements generating heat that is transmitted through the body region to a target material in a manner that defines one or more zones of the target material. The TMR operations further include, subsequent to the one or more of the thermal elements beginning generating the heat that is transmitted through the body region to the target material, the one or more of the vibration elements generating vibrations that are transmitted through the body region to the one or more zones of the target material.

公开(公告)号：US12071249B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17557726

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: METEOMATICS AG

Inventor： Martin Fengler ,  Lukas Hammerschmidt ,  Christopher Hartmann ,  Daniel Schmitz ,  Philipp Kryenbühl ,  Benjamin Koffel ,  Raphael Storchenegger ,  Mathias Haukås ,  Dominik Schindler ,  Jürg Wildi

IPC: B64D15/22 ,  B64D41/00

CPC classification number: B64D15/22 ,  B64D41/00

Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for determining icing on an aircraft, as well as an aircraft. The method can include acquiring a current flight state of the aircraft, acquiring current flight conditions of the aircraft, estimating an estimated power feed of a power supply of the aircraft for the current flight state under the current flight conditions, comparing the estimated power feed with an actual power feed of the power supply of the aircraft, and determining a presence of icing on the aircraft when a probability of an existence of icing conditions exceeds a predetermined probability threshold and the estimated power feed exceeds the actual power feed by a predetermined amount.

公开(公告)号：US20240239496A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18562142

申请日：2022-05-16

Applicant: Betterfrost Technologies Inc.

Inventor： Sameh M. I. SAAD ,  Luciano F. CHAVES ,  Kazi Kased L. AHMED

IPC: B64D15/12 ,  B64D15/22

CPC classification number: B64D15/12 ,  B64D15/22

Abstract: A system and a method are described for detecting and removing ice from a surface. The system comprises an electrical current source for providing a pulse-electro thermal de-icing electrical current, a heating track provided at the surface and connected to the electrical current source, a first control track provided at the surface spaced from the heating track, a first capacitor for measuring a first capacitance between the first control track and the heating track, a memory for storing a de-icing condition, and a processor that determines, partly from the first capacitance, whether the de-icing condition is satisfied. When the de-icing condition is satisfied, the processor controls the electrical current source to provide the pulse-electro thermal de-icing electrical current to the heating track. When the de-icing condition is not satisfied, the processor controls the electrical current source to not provide the pulse-electro thermal de-icing electrical current to the heating track.

公开(公告)号：US20230234713A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US17581675

申请日：2022-01-21

Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.

Inventor： Lee R. Wienkes

IPC: B64D15/22

CPC classification number: B64D15/22

Abstract: Improvements to ice protection systems as disclosed herein include monitoring ice accretion intensity based on atmospheric conditions proximate to a vehicle. Examples of parameters that measure atmospheric conditions include a water content and a size distribution of an atmosphere around a vehicle. These parameters, along with other vehicle parameters, are used to control at least one ice protection element to reduce ice accretion intensity at one or more designated locations of the vehicle. Incorporating measurements of cloud conditions enables nuanced control of the ice protection system and improves overall system efficiency of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11577845B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US16564108

申请日：2019-09-09

Applicant: QARBON AEROSPACE (FOUNDATION), LLC

Inventor： Kyle B. Hardman ,  Mark A. Calder ,  Ian C. Derx

IPC: B64D15/12 ,  B64D15/22 ,  B29C70/88 ,  H05B3/28 ,  H05B3/14 ,  B29K307/04 ,  B29K105/10 ,  B29K71/00 ,  B29L31/30

Abstract: A heated composite structure and a method for forming a heated composite structure. The structure includes carbon fibers embedded within a thermoplastic matrix. The carbon fibers are connected with first and second electrodes that are configured to be connected with an electric source such that applying current to the electrodes causes current to flow through the embedded carbon fibers to provide resistive heating sufficient to heat the composite structure to impede formation of ice on the composite structure.

公开(公告)号：US11365011B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-21

申请号：US16455204

申请日：2019-06-27

Applicant: EGG CO., Ltd.

Inventor： Kukbin Kim

IPC: B64D15/20 ,  B64D15/22 ,  B64D15/12 ,  G05D23/30 ,  G06F17/11

Abstract: The method of controlling an autonomous anti-icing apparatus includes: a first step of collecting and storing ice formation environment data; a second step of calculating a calculated value of an aerodynamic parameter based on the ice formation environment data and the ice formation prediction data in real time to determine whether ice formation is present on a surface of the structure and calculating a degree of ice formation through the calculated value of the aerodynamic parameter; and a third step of allowing a calculation control unit to send a temperature control signal, which includes a heating period signal, to a power supply so that an electric heating part is heated when the ice formation is determined by comparing the degree of ice formation with a preset value.

公开(公告)号：US11358727B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16035729

申请日：2018-07-16

Applicant: GE Aviation Systems Limited

Inventor： Julian Alexander Opificius ,  Stephen C. Carlson

IPC: B64D15/22 ,  B64D45/00 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: A method and apparatus for predicting conditions favorable for icing, includes sensing a value indicative of a thermal cycling period, comparing, the sensed thermal cycling period with a threshold value, determining, if the sensed thermal cycling period satisfies the threshold value, and indicating, by the controller module, that conditions favorable for icing are present when the sensed thermal cycling period satisfies the threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US11358726B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16253397

申请日：2019-01-22

Applicant: Airbus Operations SAS

Inventor： Jonathan Carcone ,  Pierre-Louis Roux

IPC: B64D15/06 ,  B64D15/22 ,  B64D15/12 ,  B64D15/02 ,  B64D15/04

Abstract: A device for deicing a wall of an aircraft, comprising a closed circuit. The closed circuit comprises at least one condenser, positioned in the environment of the wall that is to be deiced, and in which a heat-transfer fluid condenses, generating energy in the form of latent heat which is transmitted to the wall that is to be deiced, at least one evaporator positioned in the environment of a heat source sited remotely with respect to the wall, and in which the heat-transfer fluid evaporates, absorbing energy in the form of latent heat coming from the heat source. At least part of the closed circuit is facing, in contact with, or positioned in, the wall that is to be deiced, being made of a material transparent to electromagnetic fields.

公开(公告)号：US11242152B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US15816452

申请日：2017-11-17

Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC

Inventor： Julian Alexander Opificius ,  Stephen Craig Carlson

IPC: B64D15/22 ,  B64D15/12 ,  B64D33/02 ,  B64D15/20

Abstract: A method of determining ice accretion on a surface of an aircraft can include supplying a known power to a heating element formed in a patch, wherein the patch includes a temperature sensor. A controller module can compare a sensed thermal signature with a threshold signature and determine the presence of ice accretion on the aircraft.

公开(公告)号：US20220017227A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16932357

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: Goodrich Corporation

Inventor： Adam George ,  Mark James Didyk ,  Reid Philip Beery

IPC: B64D15/22 ,  G05D23/24 ,  G05D23/19 ,  B64D15/12 ,  H05B1/02

Abstract: A system for controlling a multi-zone resistive heater. The system includes a first zone of the multi-zone resistive heater formed from a material having a negative temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) and configured to receive a first power to generate thermal energy. The system further includes a second zone of the multi-zone resistive heater formed from the material having the negative TCR, separated from the first zone by a gap, and configured to receive a second power to generate the thermal energy.