PIEZOELECTRIC DE-ICING OF AN AIR INLET
First Claim
1. An air-inlet lip assembly of a turbojet engine nacelle comprisingan internal surface,an external surface andde-icing means,wherein the de-icing means comprise an ice-repellent coating covering at least part of the external surface, said ice-repellent coating comprising one or more piezoelectric actuators in a matrix of said coating.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lip assembly (1) for the air inlet of a turbojet engine nacelle, that comprises an inner surface (9), an outer surface (11) and de-icing means, wherein the de-icing means includes an anti-ice coating (13) covering at least a portion of the outer surface (11), said anti-ice coating (13) including one or more piezoelectric actuators within the matrix of said coating (13). The invention also relates to a turbojet engine nacelle that comprises such a lip assembly (1).
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10 Claims
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1. An air-inlet lip assembly of a turbojet engine nacelle comprising
an internal surface, an external surface and de-icing means, wherein the de-icing means comprise an ice-repellent coating covering at least part of the external surface, said ice-repellent coating comprising one or more piezoelectric actuators in a matrix of said coating.
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