The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Gkn Aerospace Services Limited, East Cowes, GB;
Inventors:
Steven Mark Houghton, East Cowes, GB;
Susanna Halls, East Cowes, GB;
Assignee:
GKN Aerospace Services Limited, Isle of Wight, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/20 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01N 19/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64D 15/20 (2013.01); G01N 19/04 (2013.01); G01N 2033/1873 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ice accretion apparatus comprises a column having a longitudinal axis, a side wall, and a central chamber having top and bottom ends. It also comprises a top unit which closes the top end of the chamber and includes a droplet discharge device for producing water droplets, a bottom unit which closes the bottom end of the chamber and includes a target, and chamber cooling means configured to cool the chamber during a test and thereby to cool the water droplets, whereby, in use during the test, a layer of accreted ice is built up on the target.