Patent ID: 11858643
Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An aerial vehicle drone having a body;
at least one rotor carried by the body, wherein the at least one rotor includes a piece of rotary equipment provided with a rotary assembly for the aerial vehicle drone, the rotary assembly being provided with at least one rotary wing blade and including a skin with at least one furrow extending in an outside face of the skin from a first end to a second end, the at least one furrow being formed at least in the rotary wing blade, the at least one furrow presenting at least one change of direction in the rotary wing blade, the rotary equipment including at least one deicer, the deicer comprising an electrically conductive track extending in the at least one furrow, the electrically conductive track extending from a first terminal to a second terminal, the first terminal being present at the first end and the second terminal being present at the second end, the deicer having a protective layer covering the electrically conductive track;
wherein the rotary assembly is a laser-direct structured rotary assembly, the skin comprising a composite material provided with a laser activated organic metal,
the at least one furrow being a laser formed furrow on an external surface of the skin,
the electrically conducting track of the deicer being formed in the at least one laser formed furrow and being a catalyzed anchored electrically conducting track comprising the laser activated composite material, and
wherein the electrically conducting track is covered with the protective layer.