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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark Joseph Clemen, Jr., Bremerton, WA (US);
Jerry Lee Wert, Federal Way, WA (US);
George Albert Perry, Federal Way, WA (US);
Scott Hutchinson Gardner, Issaquah, WA (US);
Erik Marc Langhofer, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles Steven Meis, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting an icing condition using an apparatus comprising a piezoelectric material and a vibration detector. The piezoelectric material has a surface proximate to a surface of a vehicle. The piezoelectric material is configured to vibrate. The vibration detector is configured to detect a change in vibrations in the piezoelectric material that indicates a presence of an icing condition on the surface of the piezoelectric material.