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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1999
Ernst Calvin Schellhase, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Mark P. Eisenhauer, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Richard Dean Miller, Keller, TX (US);
John Peter Pappas, Haltom City, TX (US);
Gary Scott Froman, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Roger Jacques Michel Aubert, Arlington, TX (US);
Bell Helicopter TEXTRON Inc., Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A redundant ice management system and method to de-ice and anti-ice an aircraft member (,) is provided. The system comprising a primary ice management sub-system (,) for providing thermal ice management to the aircraft member and a secondary ice management sub-system (,) for providing back-up thermal ice management to the aircraft member (,) in the event of a failure by the primary ice management sub-system (,). The system provides primary and secondary de-ice and anti-ice capabilities to the aircraft member (,) before and during airborne operation.