Patents Assigned to DNE Technologies, Inc.
  • Integrated planar ice detector
    Patent number: 5790026
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting ice forming conditions includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a sensor disposed on the first surface, the sensor being made of a material having a characteristic which varies in a known manner with respect to temperature; and a unit for monitoring the characteristic and for detecting ice forming conditions from the characteristic. A method for positioning the apparatus to detect ice forming conditions, to detect the presence of ice, and to determine an ice accretion rate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: DNE Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Lardiere, Jr., Bruce F. Wells