Composite Structure Having an Ice Protection Device, and Production Method
AssigneeEADS Deutschland GmbH
InventorsJuergen Steinwandel, Martin Englhart, Dietrich P. Jonke, Helmut Piringer
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Abstract
An ice protection system for de-icing an aircraft and/or for keeping the aircraft free of ice includes a composite structure for an aircraft component and a structural element of an aircraft with an ice protection system that is integrated in the composite structure. The ice protection system includes a flat surface-like electric heating element that is embedded in the composite structure below an outer layer of an outer surface of the aircraft component.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A composite structure for an aircraft component that is a structural element of an aircraft, the composite structure comprising:
- an outer surface having an outer layer;
- and
- an ice protection system integrated in the composite structure, wherein the ice protection system is configured to prevent formation of ice or to de-icing the structural element,
- wherein the ice protection system has a flat surface-like electric heating element embedded in the composite structure below the outer layer of the outer surface of the aircraft component.
A method for producing an ice protection system for an aircraft, the method comprising:
- forming an outer skin of the aircraft by embedding a flat surface-like electric heating element in a composite structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.