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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2025
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Edward Brouwers, Havertown, PA (US);
Andrew Nowak, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dimitrios Priftis, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Michael Jared Ventuleth, Camarillo, CA (US);
Kenneth W. Young, Bear, DE (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for bonding an icephobic coating layer to an exterior surface of a substrate, the method including roughening the exterior surface of the substrate to provide a roughened substrate surface; roughening a backside surface of the icephobic coating layer to provide a roughened icephobic coating surface; placing an epoxy film adhesive layer on the roughened substrate surface to cover at least part of the exterior surface of the substrate; placing the roughened icephobic coating layer on the epoxy film adhesive layer such that the roughened icephobic coating surface is in contact with the epoxy film adhesive layer, thereby providing a layered stack; enclosing the layered stack in a vacuum bag; applying a vacuum to the vacuum bag, and heating the layered stack enclosed in the vacuum bag; cooling the layered stack; releasing the vacuum; and removing the layered stack from the vacuum bag to provide an icephobic-coated substrate.