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Electro-impulse de-icer

  • US 5,429,327 A
  • Filed: 10/22/1993
  • Issued: 07/04/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A de-icer especially adapted for attachment to a structural member having a skin, the de-icer having an exposed surface susceptible to icing during flight, comprising:

  • an opening in the skin;

    a metal plate-like target having a back surface and an opposing front surface and being generally coterminous with the opening the target being disposed over the opening with the back surface facing the opening;

    a deflectable surface ply overlying the front surface of the target and a portion of the skin, the surface ply being attached to the skin and defining the exposed surface of the de-icer; and

    an inductor coil operably connected to the skin disposed over the opening, the coil having a front surface facing the target in close proximity to the back surface of the target, the target being movable away from and toward the coil.

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