Patent ID: 11910493
Assignee: DE-ICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 1:
2. A vehicle de-icing and anti-icing system comprising:
two or more electrodes spaced apart from one another and coupled to a portion of a vehicle;
a power control system coupled to the electrodes and configured to heat the portion of the vehicle by shaping a density of current along a current path through the portion of the vehicle between the electrodes by:
generating an AC current along a current path through the portion of the vehicle between the electrodes and at a frequency between 1 MHz and 50 MHz, wherein the frequency causes the density of the AC current to be shaped in a first direction by tuning a skin-depth of the AC current along the current path; and
providing a second current path positioned along at least a portion of the current path through the portion of the vehicle and within a proximity of 10 cm of a surface of the portion of the vehicle, wherein the proximity of the second current path to the surface of the portion of the vehicle causes the density of the AC current to be shaped in a second, different, direction by tuning a proximity effect of the AC current along the portion of the current path.