Ice-interference features for aircraft
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCharles D. Califf, Christopher E. LaMaster
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An example booster splitter includes an inner cylindrical structure; an outer cylindrical structure concentric with the inner cylindrical structure; an annular lip having an arc extending between the inner cylindrical structure and the outer cylindrical structure; a first protrusion at a first circumferential position on the annular lip, the first protrusion protruding axially from the annular lip and extending from the outer cylindrical structure to the inner cylindrical structure along the arc of the annular lip; and a second protrusion at a second circumferential position on the annular lip.
Claims20
A booster splitter for an engine, the booster splitter comprising:
- an inner cylindrical structure;
- an outer cylindrical structure concentric with the inner cylindrical structure;
- an annular lip having an arc extending between the inner cylindrical structure and the outer cylindrical structure;
- a first anti-ice heat element at a first circumferential position on the annular lip, the first anti-ice heat element extending from the outer cylindrical structure to the inner cylindrical structure along the arc of the annular lip;
- and
- a second anti-ice heat element at a second circumferential position on the annular lip.
An aircraft engine comprising:
- a booster splitter;
- an annular lip on the booster splitter;
- a first anti-ice heat element at a first position on the annular lip, the first anti-ice heat element extending from the annular lip along an arc of the annular lip between an outer cylindrical structure and an inner cylindrical structure of the booster splitter;
- and
- a second anti-ice heat element at a second position on the annular lip.
An aircraft comprising:
- an engine;
- a booster splitter;
- an annular lip on the booster splitter;
- a first anti-ice heat element at a first position on the annular lip, the first anti-ice heat element extending from the annular lip along an arc of the annular lip between an outer cylindrical structure and an inner cylindrical structure of the booster splitter;
- and
- a second anti-ice heat element at a second position on the annular lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.