Attachable electro-impulse de-icer
CA 2032571 A1 · Owner: Wohlwender, Thomas E. · Inventors: Weisend, Norbert A. Jr.; Wohlwender, Thomas E.; Adams, Lowell J.
Overview
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Abstract An attachable electro-impulse de-icer for de-icing an aircraft structural member includes an inductor coil disposed in proximity with the outer surface of the structural member. The coil is supported by a flexible, ice-accumulating support member (surface ply) that permits the coil to move relative to the structural member. Preferably the coil and support member are formed in an integral construction that can be attached to the leading edge of the structural member. The coil and support member are rapidly, and forcefully, displaced away from the structural member upon passing a short-duration, high-current pulse through the coil. The current flow creates an electromagnetic field …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 18, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 18, 2010.
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