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US 2018/0009538 A1Published application
Runback control
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorTom Wilson
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Abstract
An ice protection system includes an aircraft surface and a gutter defined in the aircraft surface between raised rails. The gutter includes a mouth that narrows into a trailing portion of the gutter. The mouth is configured to channel water runback rivulets into the trailing portion of the gutter. The gutter can be a first gutter of a plurality of side by side gutters, each including a respective mouth narrowing into a respective trailing portion, wherein the gutters are separated from one another by respective rails.
Claims15
An ice protection system comprising:
- an aircraft surface;
- and
- a gutter defined in the aircraft surface between raised rails, wherein the gutter includes a mouth that narrows into a trailing portion of the gutter, wherein the mouth is configured to channel water runback rivulets into the trailing portion of the gutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.