Patent ID: 11952131
Assignee: QARBON AEROSPACE (FOUNDATION), LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A heated aerostructure, comprising:
a composite structure, comprising:
a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic structural layer;
a reinforced thermoplastic heater layer, comprising:
a plurality of electrically conductive non-metallic fibers comprising a unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic;
a first electrode electrically connected with the conductive non-metallic fibers; and
a second electrode electrically connected with the conductive non-metallic fibers, so that the conductive non-metallic fibers provide an electrical pathway between the first electrode and the second electrode;

wherein the first electrode and the conductive non-metallic fibers are connected such that electric power applied to the first electrode is conducted through the electrically conductive non-metallic fibers to provide resistive heating sufficient to heat the composite structure.