US 2016/0114895 A1 · ANTI-ICING / DE-ICING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT DOOR AND AIRCRAFT DOOR EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM

Abstract

The invention aims to make aircraft doors easier to open by preventing ice formation or, at the very least, favoring rapid breaking of the ice on the door edges connected to the skin of the fuselage. To that end, it is provided to supply energy along the door when specific conditions are met. According to one embodiment, an anti-icing/de-icing system for an aircraft door (1) according to the invention includes an excitation energy source and devices (81 to 83) for dissipating such energy extending parallel to a side surface (11) of the aircraft door (1), along a sealing gasket (4) support (5) secured to the door (1) across from a fuselage (2) side surface (21) framing (20) the door (1). The sealing gasket (4) of the door (1) is compressed against bearing (6) from a side surface (25) of the fuselage (2) when the door (1) is closed.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An anti icing and/or de-icing method for a piece of aircraft equipment (1, 1′) having an opening (J, J′) which is directed toward an the outer side of the aircraft and which is surrounded by a fuselage (2, 2′) via a joint (4, 4′) in a closed position comprising the steps of:

dissipating an excitation energy along at least one extent (5, 21′) which at least partially follows the joint (4, 4′) of the opening (J, J′) of the piece of equipment (1, 1′), the dissipation being started when the engines of the aircraft are in operation and an external temperature is less than or substantially equal to a reference temperature.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/897,426Filed 14 Jun 2014

Priority

FR 135558914 Jun 2013

Published

28 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B64D 15/12
De-icing or preventing icing on exterior surfaces of aircraft: by electric heating
B64C 1/1407
Windows; Doors; Hatch covers or access panels; Surrounding frame structures; Canopies; Windscreens accessories therefor, e.g. pressure sensors,…:…
B64D 15/04
By ducted hot gas or liquid: hot gas application
F16J 15/064
With solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces: the packing combining the sealing function with other functions

Anti-icing / de-icing system for aircraft door and aircraft door equipped with such a system

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Anti-icing / de-icing system for aircraft door and aircraft door equipped with such a system

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims16