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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Bangalore, IN;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bangalore, IN;
Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/12 (2006.01); H01L 51/42 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/12 (2013.01); H01L 51/424 (2013.01); B64D 2211/00 (2013.01); H01L 51/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft can include an anti-icing system. The anti-icing system can include an array of carbon nanotubes thermally coupled to at least a first exposed surface of the aircraft. The anti-icing system can also include an array of solar cells carried by the aircraft and electrically coupled to the array of carbon nanotubes.