US 12,145,733 B2
Heater design for carbon allotrope ice protection systems
Casey Slane, Tallmadge, OH (US); Jin Hu, Hudson, OH (US); Nathaniel Ching, Hartville, OH (US); Galdemir Cezar Botura, Akron, OH (US); James A. Mullen, Wadsworth, OH (US); and Mark James Didyk, Mogadore, OH (US)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,566.
Application 18/535,566 is a division of application No. 16/573,123, filed on Sep. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,873,098.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,975, filed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124146 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 15/12 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); F02C 7/047 (2006.01); H05B 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 15/12 (2013.01) [H05B 3/145 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); F02C 7/047 (2013.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01); H05B 2214/02 (2013.01); H05B 2214/04 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An H-shaped heater for an aircraft component comprising:
a first chordwise section including:
a first positive electrical connection on a first end of the first chordwise section;
a second positive electrical connection on a second end of the first chordwise section, wherein the second end is opposite the first;
a second chordwise section parallel to the first chordwise section including:
a first negative electrical connection on a first end of the second chordwise section;
a second negative electrical connection on a second end of the second chordwise section, wherein the second end is opposite the first; and
a spanwise section extending from a central region of the first chordwise section to a central region of the second chordwise section;
wherein the aircraft component includes a plurality of aircraft component sections and each of the plurality of aircraft component sections is a separate, removable assembly that is connected to an adjacent aircraft component section by a junction section; and
the H-shaped heater is positioned on at least one of the plurality of aircraft component sections such that at least one of the chordwise sections of the H-shaped heater resides in the junction section;
wherein the H-shaped heater further comprises:
a first resistor centered on the spanwise section;
a second resistor on the first chordwise section centered between the first end of the first chordwise section and the spanwise section;
a third resistor on the first chordwise section centered between the second end of the first chordwise section and the spanwise section;
a fourth resistor on the second chordwise section centered between the first end of the second chordwise section and the spanwise section; and
a fifth resistor on the second chordwise section centered between the second end of the second chordwise section and the spanwise section.