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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Degroff Aviation Technologies, Berne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Steven A. DeGroff, Decatur, IN (US);
Phillip R. Russell, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David J. Hockemeyer, Hoagland, IN (US);
Assignee:
DEGROFF AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES, Berne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/165 (2006.01); G01P 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 1/026 (2013.01); G01P 5/165 (2013.01); B64D 43/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-disengaging pitot tube cover which is a longitudinally segmented substantially cylindrical structure constituted by at least two separable segments where separation of at least two segments is controlled by temperature sensing and effected by a fusible link holding two adjacent segments together; so that the separated segments lose hold on the pitot tube, when a particular temperature of the pitot tube is reached.