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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Inventor:
Milos Ivankovic, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/00 (2006.01); B64D 15/12 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02C 6/20 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/00 (2013.01); B64D 15/12 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02C 6/20 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0233 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0286 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ice accumulation and shedding mitigation devices associated with sensor probes extending into a stream of air entering an aircraft engine are provided. An exemplary device comprises a wedge-shaped blade configured to be exposed to the stream of air and disposed upstream of the sensor probe. The wedge-shaped blade has two faces meeting at a leading edge oriented to face the stream of air.