Patent ID: 8777164
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B64D,F02C

Abstract:
1. An air inlet structure capable to be mounted upstream of a central structure of a nacelle of an aircraft engine, said air intake structure comprising: an outer partition incorporating a lip, an upstream partition defining with the outer partition a deicing compartment in the lip and comprising an orifice, a hot air supply device to supply the deicing compartment with hot air, the device comprising a hot air supply tube and a peripheral sealing element surrounding the supply tube, wherein the hot air supply tube extends continuously through the orifice of the upstream partition and defines an elbowed free end, the orifice of the upstream partition being configured to allow passage of the elbowed free end according to a main axis of the supply tube, and wherein the sealing element comprises a contact plate surrounding the tube in such a way as to ensure sealing at the upstream partition.