Kamel M Al-Khalil

US Patent:

7708227, May 4, 2010

Filed:

Jan 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/327262

Inventors:

Kamel Al-Khalil - Kinnelon NJ, US

Assignee:

Cox & Company, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

B64D 15/12

US Classification:

244134D, 244134 R, 244134 A

Abstract:

A region of an airfoil to be protected from accreted ice is heated to reduce the strength of the bond between the ice and the airfoil, and is mechanically deformed to shed the accreted ice after the bond has been sufficiently weakened. Heating ceases before substantial water runback is generated. The mechanical deformation and the cessation of heating occur approximately simultaneously.

US Patent:

7854412, Dec 21, 2010

Filed:

Nov 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/323685

Inventors:

Kamel Al-Khalil - Kinnelon NJ, US

Assignee:

Cox & Company, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

B64D 15/04
B64D 15/16
B64F 5/00

US Classification:

244134R, 244134 A, 244134 D

Abstract:

A region of an airfoil to be protected from accreted ice is heated to reduce the strength of the bond between the ice and the airfoil, and is mechanically deformed to shed the accreted ice after the bond has been sufficiently weakened. Heating ceases before substantial water runback is generated. The mechanical deformation and the cessation of heating occur approximately simultaneously.

US Patent:

8430359, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Oct 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/906370

Inventors:

Kamel Al-Khalil - Kinnelon NJ, US

Assignee:

Cox & Company, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

B64D 15/16

US Classification:

244134A, 244134 R, 244134 D, 244134 B

Abstract:

A region of an airfoil to be protected from accreted ice is heated to reduce the strength of the bond between the ice and the airfoil, and is mechanically deformed to shed the accreted ice after the bond has been sufficiently weakened. Heating ceases before substantial water runback is generated. The mechanical deformation and the cessation of heating occur approximately simultaneously.

US Patent:

59215020, Jul 13, 1999

Filed:

Jun 19, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/665914

Inventors:

Kamel M. Al-Khalil - Rutherford NJ
Thomas F. W. Ferguson - New York NY
Dennis M. Phillips - Pleasantville NY

Assignee:

Cox & Company, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

B64D 1500

US Classification:

244134R

Abstract:

An electro-thermal or hot gas anti-icer of the "running-wet" type is mounted at the leading edge of an airfoil. Mechanical de-icers are mounted on the surfaces aft of the anti-icer. The mechanical de-icers throw off ice without creating runback water, thereby eliminating runback refreeze ridges caused by a known hybrid ice-protection system. Advantageously, the de-icers are of a type in which the airfoil has a semi-rigid skin that forms an aerodynamic surface of the airfoil, and in which there is at least one mechanical actuator for flexing the skin.

US Patent:

61965006, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

Jun 11, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/330444

Inventors:

Kamel M. Al-Khalil - Rutherford NJ
Thomas F. W. Ferguson - New York NY

Assignee:

Cox & Company, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

B64D 1500

US Classification:

244134R

Abstract:

An electro-thermal or hot gas anti-icer of the "running-wet" type is mounted at the leading edge of an airfoil. Mechanical de-icers are mounted on the surfaces aft of the anti-icer. The mechanical de-icers throw off ice without creating runback water, thereby eliminating runback refreeze ridges caused by a known hybrid ice-protection system. Advantageously, the de-icers are of a type in which the airfoil has a semi-rigid skin that forms an aerodynamic surface of the airfoil, and in which there is at least one mechanical actuator for flexing the skin.