Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice shed reduction for leading edge structures
- Patent Title (中): 前缘结构的减少冰川
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Application No.: US12112660Application Date: 2008-04-30
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Publication No.: US07992823B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Edward Atwood Rainous , Barry Lynn Allmon , Jeffre Gerry Loewe , William Clarke Brooks , Lee Alan Blanton , Courtney James Tudor , Vicky Showalter Budinger
- Applicant: Edward Atwood Rainous , Barry Lynn Allmon , Jeffre Gerry Loewe , William Clarke Brooks , Lee Alan Blanton , Courtney James Tudor , Vicky Showalter Budinger
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC
- Main IPC: B64D15/00
- IPC: B64D15/00

Abstract:
A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation; and a metallic icephobic plating comprising nickel applied to at least a portion of the flowpath surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090272095A1 ICE SHED REDUCTION FOR LEADING EDGE STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2009-11-05
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