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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100364 | Anti-icing piccolo tube standoff A standoff structure for an anti-icing piccolo tube wherein a flexible structure is formed from support ribs, a support bar and a diverter bar for supporting the piccolo tube within the slat or other aircraft leading edge, and for diverting hot gas from the piccolo ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8061657 | Method and apparatus for aircraft anti-icing An aircraft anti-icing system includes a source of high temperature gas, a housing, at least one conduit to carry the high temperature gas from the source to the housing, the at least one conduit coupled to the housing and the source, at least one nozzle coupled to ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052089 | Anti-icing apparatus for honeycomb structures An apparatus comprises a structure having a leading edge, a skin covering the structure, a tip, and a channel. The tip is located at the leading edge, wherein the tip has a number of openings. The channel extends through the structure to the tip, wherein the channel... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047470 | System for deicing an air inlet cowl for a turbine engine According to the invention, a scaled articulation device is mounted on at least one of the branches of a hot-air circulation circuit in the form of a bracket so as to provide a bracket with capabilities of deforming about the articulation device. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7975966 | Icing protection for aircraft air inlet scoops Aircraft air scoop icing protection systems and methods include an air duct having air inlet and outlet openings and a fairing which covers the air duct and defines an interior fairing space in which at least a forward portion of the air duct is positioned. The fair... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7931235 | System for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl turbine engine The invention concerns a system for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl for a turbine engine. The invention is characterized in that one of the two elements formed by the pressurized hot air supply duct (6) and by the protective casing (15) i... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7575196 | Ice protection system and method including a plurality of segmented sub-areas and a cyclic diverter valve An ice protection system and method of implementing ice protection for a vehicle includes a plurality of segmented sub-areas each including a leading edge surface subject to the formation of ice thereon. The system further includes a plurality of air ducts, each in ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7398641 | Aeroengine intake having a heat exchanger within an annular closed chamber A gas turbine engine comprising a nacelle having an intake, the intake defining a generally annular chamber, an engine accessory and a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid of the accessory. The chamber is closed and the heat exchanger is disposed within the chamber op... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7334393 | Aircraft engine in which there is a small clearance separating the fan cowls and the thrust inverter cowls Aircraft engine comprising a pod comprising, in sequence from front to back, an air inlet structure (6), fan cowls (7), thrust inverter cowls (8), and a nozzle (9), additional stiffening means are placed either in the air inlet structure ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331421 | Flow restrictors for aircraft inlet acoustic treatments, and associated systems and methods Flow restrictors for aircraft inlet acoustic cores, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an inlet flow surface having multiple openings, and an acoustic treatment positioned adjacent t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7246998 | Mission replaceable rotor blade tip section A rotor blade includes a removable blade tip section which is mounted to an outboard rotor blade section by mechanically mounting a tip spar to a main blade spar with a spar interface section which bridges a butt joint between the blade spar and the tip spar. The sp... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7225999 | Spray array apparatus Spray array apparatus which includes a plurality of water and air carrying spoke members extending radially from a central fluid distribution assembly. The spoke members are connected to a plurality of water and air carrying strut members. The spoke members are divi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217091 | Methods and apparatus for deicing airfoils or rotor blades A method for deicing a rotor blade having a blade root, a blade tip, and a leading edge in which the rotor blade is operably coupled to a hub of a turbine includes circulating heated air through an outflow channel from the blade root towards the blade tip, recircula... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7137240 | Inlet muff anti-icing system for an auxiliary power unit An auxiliary power unit (APU) inlet muff anti-icing system that uses high pressure, high temperature APU compressor delivery air to melt any accumulation of ice and snow near the bottom of the muff with a tracer line coupled to a perforated gull wing fairing mounted... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131612 | Nacelle inlet lip anti-icing with engine oil A nacelle for housing a gas turbine engine having a pressurized oil system for lubricating components thereof comprises an inlet lip defining a leading edge of the nacelle, the inlet lip having a conduit therein in fluid flow communication with the pressurized oil s... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124983 | Hybrid electrical ice protection system and method including an energy saving mode A hybrid electrical ice protection system implements three ice protection methods in various combinations. The ice protection methods include the fully-evaporative anti-ice protection method, the wet running anti-ice protection method, and the de-ice method. The par... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7055304 | De-icing device for turbojet inlet guide wheel vane, vane provided with such a de-icing device, and aircraft engine equipped with such vanes The de-icing device is intended for the vane (10) of the inlet guide wheel (4) of a turbojet (2), comprising a fixed part (12) arranged on the upstream side and a mobile flap (18) arranged on the downstream side, in which said fixe... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6921047 | Aircraft air conditioning system mixer A mixer includes a fresh air tube defining a passage having an inlet receiving conditioned air from an air conditioning pack. The fresh air tube includes an outlet providing mixed air to a cabin of the aircraft. An outer tube at least partially surrounds the fresh a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6702233 | Airfoil anti-icing assembly and method An anti-icing assembly for an airfoil such as an aircraft wing or slat comprises: (a) an airfoil having an exterior surface and interior wall defining an interior cavity, and bottom, middle and side portions all adjacent to the interior cavity; (b) an inl... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698691 | Process for de-icing by forced circulation of a fluid, an air intake cowling of a reaction motor and device for practicing the same The invention relates to a process for de-icing an air intake cowling of a reaction motor, comprising a lip (6a), a de-icing system (10) for the lip and acoustic attenuation means (11) characterized in that it consists in constituting said acoustic attenu... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688558 | Method and apparatus for aircraft inlet ice protection An inlet ice protection system, and methods for making and using ice protection systems. In one embodiment, the inlet includes a tapered acoustic liner positioned forward of the inlet throat and has a perforated face sheet, a perforated back sheet, and an... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6592078 | Process for de-icing an air intake cowling of a reaction motor and device for practicing the same A process for de-icing an air intake cowling (5) of a reaction motor, having an air intake lip (6a), a de-icing system (10) and acoustic attenuation part (11), where the acoustic attenuation part includes separate islands (11a) formed by a sandwich of an ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6585191 | Air inlet cowl for a jet engine, provided with deicing means An air inlet cowl for a jet engine, particularly an aeroengine, includes a leading edge deicer, a hollow leading edge defining an internal peripheral chamber, closed by a first internal partition, and an exhaust orifice, in the leading edge, connecting th... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6467730 | Aircraft airfoil leading edge member equipped with a de-icing device A leading edge member of an airfoil of an aircraft has an outside wall defining a wing span and a deicing device for circulating hot air in the direction of the wing span of the airfoil. The device includes a hot air distribution duct extending inside the... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6464172 | Method and apparatus for heating a variable pitch propeller mechanism A method and apparatus for heating a variable pitch propeller mechanism for turbo-prop aircraft is provided. Using the apparatus and method it is possible to perform inspection, troubleshooting and maintenance on hydraulic variable pitch propeller mechani... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6457676 | Method and apparatus for aircraft inlet ice protection An inlet ice protection system, and methods for making and using ice protection systems. In one embodiment, the inlet includes an acoustic liner positioned forward of the inlet throat and has a perforated face sheet, a perforated back sheet, and an acoust... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6427434 | Device for discharging hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl, with a deicing circuit A device for discharging hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl, with a deicing circuit. The air inlet cowl for a jet engine, the leading edge of which is hollow and swept with a flow of deicing hot air, includes orifices for discharging the hot air flow... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6371411 | Method and apparatus for aircraft inlet ice protection An inlet ice protection system, and methods for making and using ice protection systems. In one embodiment, the inlet includes an acoustic liner positioned forward of the inlet throat and has a perforated face sheet a perforated back sheet, and an acousti... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6354538 | Passive control of hot air injection for swirling rotational type anti-icing system An improved anti-icing system for a nose cowl of an aircraft jet engine. An improved injection nozzle is provided to passively enhance the injection of hot, pressure gas from the engine into the ambient air within the nose cowl to entrain such air and cau... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6268049 | Circulation system using column core A method of heating or cooling an element which comprises providing a fluid circulation circuit within a Z-pin reinforced sandwich panel, the panel having fiber-reinforced resin composite face sheets separated in selected locations with a core so as to fo... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6267328 | Hot air injection for swirling rotational anti-icing system An anti-icing system for a nose cowl of an aircraft jet engine. An improved injection nozzle is provided to enhance the injection of hot, pressure gas from the engine into the ambient air within the nose cowl to entrain such air and cause the entrained ma... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6264142 | Helicopter deicing and anti-icing system and method The improved helicopter anti-icing and deicing system and method includes mounting an airfoil shaped manifold transversely of the helicopter and filling the manifold with anti-icing or deicing fluid which is not under sufficient pressure to spray outwardl... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6241189 | Protective device for a jet engine air inlet cowl equipped with a deicing system The present invention relates to an air inlet cowl (9) for a jet engine, the leading edge (16) of which is hollow and supplied with hot air for deicing by a pipe (10) and an injector (12). According to the invention, the pipe (10) and the connector (12A) ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6196500 | Hybrid ice protection system for use on roughness-sensitive airfoils An electro-thermal or hot gas anti-icer of the "running-wet" type is mounted at the leading edge of an airfoil. Mechanical de-icers are mounted on the surfaces aft of the anti-icer. The mechanical de-icers throw off ice without creating runback water, the... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193192 | Deicing device for a jet engine air inlet cowl Deicing device for the leading edge of the air inlet cowl of a jet engine. According to the invention, an injector (12) whose task is to inject pressurized hot air into the leading edge is connected to the pressurized hot air inlet by means of a ball join... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6179249 | Turbojet pod with laminar flow The bay (12) of a turbofan engine (10) comprises a front structural element (30), whose external surface is continuous and extends over at least 50% of the geometrical chord of the bay. Said element (30) is installed on maintaining and guiding members (44... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6131855 | Device for removing hot air for a jet engine air inlet cowl with a de-icing circuit The present invention relates to an air inlet cowl (9) for a jet engine. According to the invention, provided in the partition (20) delimiting the de-icing chamber (21) in the hollow leading edge (16) of the cowl is a trough-shaped duct (22) for ejecting ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6079670 | Hot air diffuser for a jet engine air inlet cowl with de-icing circuit The present invention relates to an air inlet cowl (9) for a jet engine, especially for an aircraft. According to the invention, the diffuser (12) of hot air for de-icing, arranged in the hollow leading edge (16) of the cowl (9) is in the form of a polygo... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6003814 | Double-walled duct assembly for aircraft anti-icing conduit systems Disclosed is a duct assembly for conducting compressed air from a fixed component to a component that is movable with respect to the fixed component. The duct assembly contains at least two telescoping, tubular conduit sections with seals between adjacent... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5904322 | Hybrid deicer A deicer comprises a skin heating means immediately subjacent an outer skin overlying an apex of a leading edge, and a skin deflection means immediately subjacent the outer skin chordwise aft of the apex. The skin heating means prevents the formation of i... | 05/18/1999 |
