Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aeronautical probe with integrated heater
- Patent Title (中): 带集成加热器的航空探头
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Application No.: US12745556Application Date: 2008-11-28
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Publication No.: US08397563B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Jean-Philippe Pineau , Bernard Ledain
- Applicant: Jean-Philippe Pineau , Bernard Ledain
- Applicant Address: FR
- Assignee: Thales
- Current Assignee: Thales
- Current Assignee Address: FR
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler, LLP
- Priority: FR0708398 20071130
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/066446 WO 20081128
- International Announcement: WO2009/068653 WO 20090604
- Main IPC: G01P13/00
- IPC: G01P13/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to an aeronautical probe designed to be mounted on the skin of an aircraft and comprising a probe body protruding from the skin of the aircraft and a heater for de-icing an external surface of the probe body. According to the invention, the heater comprises two self-supporting electrodes and heating resistive elements. Each electrode is formed of an electrically insulating substrate and of an electrically active portion forming one face of the electrode in question. Each resistive element is in contact with the faces of the electrodes. The notable advantages of the invention are that it makes it possible to reduce the operating temperature of the resistive elements and the phenomena of fatigue in the mechanical link between the electrodes and the resistive elements due to different expansion coefficients.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110036160A1 Aeronautical Probe with Integrated Heater Public/Granted day:2011-02-17
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