Global Patent Index - EP 1401707 A1

EP 1401707 A1 20040331 - SUPERCOOLED LARGE DROPLET ICE DETECTOR

Title (en)

SUPERCOOLED LARGE DROPLET ICE DETECTOR

Title (de)

EISDETEKTOR FÜR EINEN UNTERKÜHLTEN, GROSSEN TROPFEN

Title (fr)

DETECTEUR DE GIVRE PERMETTANT DE DETECTER DE GROSSES GOUTTELETTES SURFONDUES

Publication

EP 1401707 A1 20040331 (EN)

Application

EP 01948869 A 20010629

Priority

US 0121061 W 20010629

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03002410A1] The present invention pertains to an ice detector (5) particularly adapted to detect the present of water droplets capable of forming supercooled large droplet ("SLD") icing on aircraft surfaces. The invention takes advantage of boundary layer flow patterns adjacent to the detector (5), and their effect on water droplets, to provide a signal indicative of SLD icing conditions when they exist. The detector (5) is also capable of distinguishing between the presence of water droplets that cause traditional cloud icing and SLD icing.

IPC 1-7

B64D 15/20; G08B 19/02

IPC 8 full level

G01N 5/02 (2006.01); B64D 15/20 (2006.01); G01W 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 19/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B64D 15/20 (2013.01); G08B 19/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 03002410A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03002410 A1 20030109; CA 2452623 A1 20030109; EP 1401707 A1 20040331; JP 2004534948 A 20041118

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0121061 W 20010629; CA 2452623 A 20010629; EP 01948869 A 20010629; JP 2003508607 A 20010629