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

Claim 4:
5. A method for connecting a heater 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 comprising a plurality of spaced protrusions, wherein the plurality of spaced 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 spaced 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 spaced protrusions of the heater to the interior surface of the probe head.