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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Ching-Yu Hui, Bristol, GB;
Alan Mann, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aerodynamic body for use on an aircraft including at least a first perforated surface portion () and an ice-protection system (). The first perforated surface portion () has perforations. The ice-protection system () includes an actuatable element () and the actuatable element () is movable or deformable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the actuatable element () is thermally coupled to the first perforated surface portion () and configured to prevent an inflow or outflow between a boundary layer of an outer aerodynamic airflow and the aerodynamic body through at least one of the perforations. In the second position, the actuatable element () is distanced from the first perforated surface portion () and configured to allow an inflow from a boundary layer of an outer aerodynamic airflow through at least one of the perforations into the aerodynamic body.