Patent ID: 6503056
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B64D,F01D,F05D

Abstract:
In an apparatus for heating a nose fairing of a rotating blade assembly which comprises said nose faring which has a forward portion and which comprises a rotatable hub housing which extends from said nose faring to aft end and which comprises a support structure having a forward end for supporting said hub housing wherein the improvement comprises:a rotor having an electrical conductor wound thereon, said rotor being attached at said aft end of said rotatable hub housing; a stator having a forward portion having a magnet attached thereto, said stator being attached to said support structure forward end and wherein said magnet is positioned opposed to said rotor and spaced apart therefrom but in proximity for, in operation, generating electrical energy; a heating element which is attached to said nose faring forward portion; and a cable harness which extends between cable harness first and second ends which connect said rotor conductor and said heating element for providing electrical communication between said rotor conductor and said heating element and wherein said aft end of said hub housing further comprises being configured with a hole therein which is configured and positioned so that said cable harness passes through said hole and so that said cable harness traverses said hub housing so that said cable harness is not routed through relatively rotating parts and so that said cable harness first end is attached to said heating element so that said cable harness second end is attached to said conductor of said rotor.