Rohr, Inc.

Chad Franks

Richard Scott Alloway

Jacques Lu

Jared Victor

Jacques Jinqiu Lu

An aircraft component assembly has a structural body and a thermal management de-icing system for minimizing or preventing ice build-up on leading edges of the body. The system includes a supply line for flowing heated fluid to the leading edges and a cooling device that interposes the supply line to prevent overheating of the leading edges thus protecting bodies that may be made of composite materials that are more susceptible to heat.

De-icing system with thermal management

A ceramic turbine engine exhaust component, such as a ceramic matrix composite ('CMC') exhaust center body may be positioned around a metallic attachment ring. The attachment ring may have a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the CMC center body. A plurality of bolts radially-spaced around the circumference of the attachment ring may be inserted through apertures in the center body with a sliding fit, and may be coupled to the attachment ring. The bolts may slide within the apertures, allowing the attachment ring to thermally expand without applying extra loads on the exhaust center body due to the expansion.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Chad Franks