US 11,866,179 B2
Surface modified heater assembly
Mark Baker, Savage, MN (US); Matthew Kulhanek, Apple Valley, MN (US); Mark Stephen Lopac, Cokato, MN (US); and Colin E. Towne, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed by Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,420.
Application 17/874,420 is a division of application No. 15/934,206, filed on Mar. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,414,195.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363398 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 15/12 (2006.01); G01P 5/16 (2006.01); B23K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 15/12 (2013.01) [B23K 1/0016 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for connecting a heater component of an air data probe to an interior surface of a probe head of the air data probe, the method comprising:
shaping the heater of the probe head by wrapping the heater along a mandrel to form a helical heating element having a plurality of protrusions, wherein the plurality of protrusions comprises a plurality of points between straight portions of the heater;
sliding the heater into a cavity of the probe head such that the plurality of protrusions of the heater contact an interior surface of the probe head; and
brazing the heater to the probe head with a braze material, to join the plurality of protrusions of the heater to the interior surface of the probe head.