Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Klaws & Bach
  • Microwave de-icing system for aircrafts
    Patent number: 6207940
    Abstract: In a de-icing system for preventing the formation of ice on, or for de-icing, icing-prone areas of an airplane, the icing-prone areas include dielectric composite structural materials, which are highly permeable for electromagnetic waves, and at least two microwave sources are provided and connected to microwave uncoupling areas disposed adjacent the icing-prone areas, and the microwave sources are interconnected by redundant switchable microwave guides permitting bridging of a microwave source in case of failure of such microwave source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Lambert Feher, Manfred Schnack