IP Library Granted Patent US 7,931,235
Granted Patent B2
US 7,931,235 · App. 11/914,739 · Granted Apr 26, 2011

System for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl turbine engine

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Patent No.
US 7,931,235
App. No.
11/914,739
Granted
Apr 26, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a system for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl for a turbine engine. The invention is characterized in that one of the two elements formed by the pressurized hot air supply duct ( 6 ) and by the protective casing ( 15 ) is longitudinally rigid, while the other of said elements comprises at least two mutually nested parts adapted to slide sealingly relative to each other; and said two elements ( 6, 15 ) are, on one side, rigidly fixed to one of said partitions ( 5 ) of the structure box ( 10 ), while, on the other side, said two elements are rigidly linked to each other (in 18 ) and are adapted to slide jointly relative to a sliding bearing ( 17 ) provided in the other partition ( 16 ).

Claims (17)

1. A system for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl for a turbine engine of an aircraft, said leading edge being hollow and defining an annular chamber closed by a first internal bulkhead, and said deicing system comprising:

a pressurized hot air supply duct designed to be connected, at its rear end opposed to said leading edge, to a pressurized hot air circuit and, at its front end toward said leading edge, to an injector injecting said pressurized hot air into said annular chamber of the leading edge, said supply duct passing through a compartment of said nose inlet cowl that is defined, at the front, by said first internal bulkhead and, at the rear, by a second internal bulkhead;

an internal protective envelope arranged in said compartment and defining an isolation volume enclosing said supply duct; and

two elements, a first of said two elements formed by said supply duct and by said protective envelope is longitudinally rigid, and a second of said two elements comprises at least two parts nested one inside the other and configured to slide relative to one another in a sealed manner,

wherein said two elements are, on one side, rigidly fastened to one of said first and second internal bulkheads, and, on the other side, said two elements are rigidly connected to one another and are designed to slide jointly relative to a sliding bearing provided in the other of said first and second internal bulkhead, said sliding bearing comprising a stop designed to limit the sliding movement of said supply duct and of said protective envelope toward the outside of said compartment.

2. The deicing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said supply duct is longitudinally rigid, and said protective envelope comprises at least two parts nested one inside the other and configured to slide relative to one another in a sealed manner.

3. The deicing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said protective envelope is longitudinally rigid, and said supply duct comprises at least two parts nested one inside the other and configured to slide relative to one another in a sealed manner.

4. The deicing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sliding bearing is arranged in said first internal bulkhead.

5. The deicing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sliding bearing is arranged in said second internal bulkhead.

6. The deicing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sliding bearing cooperates with said protective envelope.

7. The deicing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rigid connection between said supply duct and said protective envelope is produced by means of flanges.

8. A system for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl for a turbine engine of an aircraft, said leading edge being hollow and defining an annular chamber closed by a first internal bulkhead, and said deicing system comprising:

a pressurized hot air supply duct designed to be connected, at its rear end opposed to said leading edge, to a pressurized hot air circuit and, at its front end toward said leading edge, to an injector injecting said pressurized hot air into said annular chamber of the leading edge, said supply duct passing through a compartment of said nose inlet cowl that is defined, at the front, by said first internal bulkhead and, at the rear, by a second internal bulkhead; and

an internal protective envelope arranged in said compartment and defining an isolation volume enclosing said supply duct; and

two elements, a first of said two elements formed by said supply duct and by said protective envelope is longitudinally rigid, and a second of said two elements comprises at least two parts nested one inside the other and configured to slide relative to one another in a sealed manner,

wherein said two elements are, on one side, rigidly fastened to one of said first and second internal bulkheads, and, on the other side, said two elements are rigidly connected to one another and are designed to slide jointly relative to a sliding bearing provided in the other of said first and second internal bulkhead, and

said sliding bearing is arranged in said second internal bulkhead, and comprises a stop designed to limit the sliding movement of said supply duct and of said protective envelope toward the outside of said compartment.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 18, 2011
From: AIRBUS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
Reel/Frame 026298/0269 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2007
From: ZANARELLI, MARIE-LUCE; PORTE, ALAIN
To: AIRBUS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 020259/0215 →