Patent ID: 11866179
Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for connecting a heater component of an air data probe to an interior surface of a probe head of the air data probe, the method comprising:
shaping the heater of the probe head by wrapping the heater along a mandrel to form a helical heating element having a plurality of protrusions, wherein the plurality of protrusions comprises a plurality of points between straight portions of the heater;
sliding the heater into a cavity of the probe head such that the plurality of protrusions of the heater contact an interior surface of the probe head; and
brazing the heater to the probe head with a braze material, to join the plurality of protrusions of the heater to the interior surface of the probe head.