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US 8,540,185 B2Granted
Modular air inlet lip with electric defrosting for a turbojet pod
AssigneeAircelle
InventorsGuy Bernard Vauchel, Jean-Fabrice Marcel Portal, Laurent Albert Blin, Christophe Thorel
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Abstract
A lip of an air inlet of a turbojet pod intended to be fastened to an air inlet downstream structure includes at least one electric heating element for defrosting. The electric heating element being fitted with at least one electrical connector able to be connected to at least one corresponding electricity supply connector of the downstream structure. The lip breaks down into at least two identical structures set end-to-end on a periphery of the air inlet.
Claims11
An air inlet of a turbojet pod, comprising:
- an inlet lip made up of at least two identical circumferentially extending sections, each of the identical sections having at least one electric heating element for de-icing;
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- a downstream structure having a front face and at least two structural elements fixed to the front face and extending in an upstream direction;
- wherein, the downstream structure further comprises at least one power supply connector mounted on the front face on either side of the structural elements;
- wherein, the at least two identical sections are attached to the downstream structure and are butted together end-to-end along a periphery of the air inlet pod, such that the respective abutting ends of the identical sections form a joint at the location of each of the structural elements;
- wherein, each electric heating element further comprises at least one electrical connector which is configured to connect to the at least one corresponding power supply connector of the downstream structure.
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