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US 11,768,219 B2Granted
Angle of attack sensor with thermal enhancement
AssigneeRosemount Aerospace Inc.
InventorsAlexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman
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Abstract
An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a heated chassis defining a pocket and a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having an opening. The vane assembly has a portion that is positioned in the pocket of the heated chassis and extends through the opening of the mounting plate.
Claims20
An angle of attack sensor comprising:
- a vane assembly;
- and
- a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly, the faceplate including:
- a heated chassis defining a pocket;
- and
- a mounting plate positioned on the heated chassis and having a first opening;
- wherein the vane assembly has a vane base that is positioned in the pocket of the heated chassis and connected to a vane shaft, and the heated chassis includes a protrusion that extends into a second opening in the mounting plate, the second opening extending from an interior surface of the mounting plate to an exterior surface of the mounting plate and the protrusion extending into the second opening toward the exterior surface of the mounting plate.
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A faceplate for an angle of attack sensor comprising:
- a heated chassis defining a pocket at a central portion of the heated chassis, the pocket being configured to receive a vane base of a vane assembly connected to a vane shaft;
- and
- a mounting plate positioned on the heated chassis and having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening each extending from an interior surface of the mounting plate to an exterior surface of the mounting plate;
- wherein the heated chassis includes a protrusion that extends into the second opening in the mounting plate toward the exterior surface of the mounting plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.