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Icing resistant sensor port for a fuel tank environment

  • US 8,117,909 B1
  • Filed: 04/08/2008
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensor port device for resisting formation and propagation of ice around a sensor port, comprising:

  • an inlet assembly having a shaped volume that resists ice plug formation, wherein a shape of the shaped volume causes application of a force vector component to ice that forms within the shaped volume to eject the ice away from the inlet assembly;

    a plurality of edges disposed on the inlet assembly, wherein the edges have small surface areas that resist ice formation; and

    a plurality of openings disposed in the inlet assembly that provide for fluid flow across the shaped volume of the inlet assembly, wherein the fluid flow provided by the plurality of openings causes removal of the ice ejected by the shaped volume.

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