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US 8,997,451 B2Granted
Engine and pod assembly for an aircraft, equipped with an anti-icing device including a source of radiation and pulse control unit connected to the source of radiation
AssigneeSagem Defense Securite
InventorsFrançois Dufresne de Virel, Michel Pealat, Patrick Joyez, Bruce Pontoizeau, Jean-François Lacuisse, Sylvie Wintenberger
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Abstract
An engine and pod assembly for an aircraft includes a pod receiving an engine having an air intake. A rotating nose cone extends on the nose cone, as well as a device for limiting the formation of ice. The device includes means for creating a circumferential heterogeneity of ice on the nose cone.
Claims12
An engine and pod assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
- a pod receiving an engine with an air intake through which a rotating nose cone extends, the pod including a device for limiting the formation of ice on the nose cone,
- wherein the device includes means for creating a circumferential heterogeneity of ice on the nose cone, and
- wherein the pod includes a source of radiation able to at least prevent the formation of ice and directed to the nose cone, with the source of radiation being connected to a pulse control unit synchronized with the rotation of the nose cone so that the radiation only hits a portion of the external surface of the nose cone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.