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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
John Joseph Costello, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Roy F. Mills, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Geoffrey L. Gatton, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Dawn Kay Andrus, Avon, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Sensor assemblies and methods of de-icing or preventing ice formation are provided. Compressed air may be supplied to a vortex tube. The vortex tube may separate the compressed air into a first stream and a second stream, the first stream hotter than the second stream. A sensor body may be warmed by the first stream, and the second stream may be directed away from the sensor body.