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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles S. Meis, Renton, WA (US);
Todd J. Germeroth, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/00 (2006.01); B64D 15/20 (2006.01); G01K 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/003 (2013.01); B64D 15/20 (2013.01); G01K 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, methods of detecting ice formation on an aircraft are described herein. In some implementations, a method of detecting ice formation on an aircraft comprises disposing an ice detector on an exterior surface of the aircraft, the ice detector comprising a probe surface and a pyroelectric material layer disposed on at least a portion of the probe surface. The method further comprises generating a charge on a surface of the pyroelectric material layer of the ice detector to increase the local freezing point of water on the surface of the pyroelectric material layer.