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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Julian Alexander Opificius, Elk River, MN (US);
Stephen Craig Carlson, Roscoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/22 (2006.01); B64D 15/12 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); B64D 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/22 (2013.01); B64D 15/12 (2013.01); B64D 15/20 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0233 (2013.01); H05B 2214/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining ice accretion on a surface of an aircraft can include supplying a known power to a heating element formed in a patch, wherein the patch includes a temperature sensor. A controller module can compare a sensed thermal signature with a threshold signature and determine the presence of ice accretion on the aircraft.