Heating for an avionic equipment
AssigneeThales
InventorsAdrien Desjardins, Frederic Martin, Claude Sarno, Romain Hodot, Jean-Philippe Pineau
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Abstract
The invention relates to an aircraft provided with at least one piece of aeronautic equipment fastened to the outside skin of the aircraft and a heater for heating the piece of aeronautic equipment. The heater is in the form of a thermodynamic closed circuit loop circulating heat-transfer fluid and including an evaporator and a heat source located inside the aircraft and a condenser located in the piece of aeronautic equipment or an appendage thereto. Fasteners in the form of tubular tabs include tubular channels for circulating the heat-transfer fluid.
Claims11
An aircraft provided with at least one piece of aeronautic equipment, the equipment comprising:
- at least one part intended to be arranged at a skin of the aircraft;
- and
- a fastener on said skin outside the aircraft that serves to fasten the at least one part onto the aircraft;
- and
- a heater configured to heat the part;
- wherein characterized in that the fastener comprises tubular legs,
- wherein in that the heater comprises a thermodynamic loop comprising a closed circuit in which a heat transfer fluid circulates, the closed circuit comprising an evaporator associated with a heat generator arranged inside the aircraft and a zone in which a condensation of the heat transfer fluid can occur in the at least one piece of aeronautic equipment to heat it, and
- wherein in that outside the evaporator, the circuit in which the fluid circulates is formed by a tubular channel with an empty section at least partially formed in the tubular leg of the fastener,
- wherein the empty section of the tubular channel does not include any filling other than the fluid, and
- wherein the tubular channel with an empty section at least partially formed in the tubular legs of the fastener comprises an inner duct within the tubular legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.