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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6102333 | Electro-magnetic expulsion de-icing system The present invention is a de-icing system that uses electro-magnetic actuators mounted within the airfoil of an aircraft to effect de-icing. Advantageously, the actuators have low-energy requirements. Each actuator includes conductive strips fabricated o... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5874672 | Apparatus and method for determining the existence of ice or water on a surface from the capacitance between electrodes on said surface The present invention is an improved ice sensor which is particularly effective in measuring and quantifying non-uniform, heterogeneous ice typically found on aircraft leading edges and top wing surfaces. In one embodiment, the ice sensor comprises a plur... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5836066 | Process for the production of two-way shape memory alloys The present invention for producing a substantial two-way shape memory effect within a composition substantially only exhibiting one-way memory is realized by first plastically deforming the alloy into a predetermined shape and then work hardening, such a... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5686003 | Shape memory alloy de-icing technology A new deicing technology is described which utilizes the actuating properties of shape memory alloys (SMAs) to debond ice accretion formed on a surface. A thin sheet of SMA material is mounted to the icing prone surface to perform the force and displaceme... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5551288 | Measuring ice distribution profiles on a surface with attached capacitance electrodes The present invention is an improved ice sensor which is particularly effective in measuring and quantifying non-uniform, heterogeneous ice typically found on aircraft leading edges and top wing surfaces. In one embodiment, the ice sensor comprises a plurality... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5398547 | Apparatus for measuring ice distribution profiles The present invention is an improved ice sensor which is particularly effective in measuring and quantifying non-uniform, heterogeneous ice typically found on aircraft leading edges and top wing surfaces. In one embodiment, the ice sensor comprises a plur... | 03/21/1995 |
