Patent ID: 6698687
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
An apparatus for heating an outer surface of a mobile platform, comprising:a heat exchanger configured to be in thermal communication with a fluid used to cool an engine of said mobile platform; a fluid disposed within said heat exchanger; a first thermally conductive member configured to be disposed within a portion of said mobile platform in thermal contact with said outer surface of said mobile platform, said first thermally conductive member forming a portion of a circuit configured to use said fluid from said heat exchanger to heat a selected area of said mobile platform outer surface; a second thermally conductive member coupled to said heat exchanger and extending into a fuselage of said mobile platform and configured to be in thermal communication with a power converter component disposed within said fuselage, said second thermally conductive member further configured to circulate said fluid from said heat exchanger to remove heat from said power converter component; and a pump configured to pump said fluid into contact with said first thermally conductive member, to thereby heat the selected area of said mobile platform outer surface.