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US 2025/0084834 A1Published application
Aircraft flow control device formed of thermally adaptive materials and a thermoelectric junction
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsViktor Kilchyk, Brent J. Merritt
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Abstract
A flow control device having: a composition gradient defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second coefficient of thermal expansion that differs from the first coefficient of thermal expansion; and a thermoelectric junction operationally coupled to the composition gradient, wherein the composition gradient is formed of either of a plurality of dissimilar metals or of plastic with fillings or fibers.
Claims16
A flow control device comprising:
- a composition gradient defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second coefficient of thermal expansion that differs from the first coefficient of thermal expansion;
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- a thermoelectric junction operationally coupled to the composition gradient,
- wherein the composition gradient is formed of either of a plurality of dissimilar metals or of plastic with fillings or fibers.
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The device of claim 8, wherein:
- the support material differs from the bead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.