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US 12,698,783 B2Granted
Aircraft component additively having thermally adaptive material and a thermoelectric junction
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsViktor Kilchyk, Brent J. Merritt
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Abstract
A device, having: a base having an outer boundary and a plurality of base voids, formed from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); beads that line ones of the base voids, formed from a second material having a second CTE that differs from the first CTE, wherein each of the beads has a bead void; and a thermoelectric junction around the outer boundary, or within one or more of the bead voids.
Claims5
A device, comprising:
- a base having an outer boundary and a plurality of base voids, formed from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE);
- beads that respectively line each one of the base voids, formed from a second material having a second CTE that differs from the first CTE, wherein each of the beads has a bead void;
- and
- a thermoelectric junction around the outer boundary, or within one or more of the bead voids,
- wherein the device is a compressor case of a cabin air compressor;
- and
- a section of the device defines a bypass port that is opened or closed by driving current, through the thermoelectric junction, in a first direction or a second direction.
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