Abstract: A method for deicing an aerostructure includes driving a sensing current through a heater element coated to an aerostructure, the heater element having a resistance that is temperature dependent. A resistance of the heater element is monitored. It is determined whether there is icing at the heater element using the monitored resistance of the heater element. A melting current is driven through the heater element when it is determined that there is icing at the heater element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignee:
MESOSCRIBE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Richard J. Gambino, Christopher Gouldstone, Jonathan Gutleber, David Hubble, Jason Trelewicz
Abstract: A structural capacitor includes a first carbon fiber material layer, a second carbon fiber material layer, and an interlayer dielectric including a diamond-like-carbon material layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2011
Date of Patent:
June 24, 2014
Assignee:
Mesoscribe Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
William G. Baron, Jeffrey A. Brogan, Sandra Fries-Carr, Richard J. Gambino, Christopher Gouldstone, Brian Keyes, Sanjay Sampath, Huey-Daw Wu, Richard L. C. Wu
Abstract: A thermocouple disposed on a substrate comprises a first leg of thermoelectric material, a second leg of thermoelectric material, and a thermocouple junction electrically connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein a height of the thermocouple junction is substantially a height of the first or second legs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2007
Date of Patent:
July 13, 2010
Assignee:
Mesoscribe Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard J. Gambino, Jon Patrick Longtin, Jeffrey A. Brogan, Jonathan S. Gutleber, Robert J. Greenlaw