Patent ID: 8794570

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) for protection of an external probe ( 12 ) of an aircraft that projects through an opening ( 14 ) made in the outside surface ( 16 ) of the aircraft, said protective device ( 10 ) comprising: a rigid flange ( 22 ) with a top side, an opposite-facing bottom side that is reversibly attachable to the outside surface ( 16 ) of the aircraft, and a hole delimited by an interior portion of the flange ( 22 ), the hole forming a passage ( 28 ) that extends through from the bottom side to the top side the bottom side, a width (D) of the passage ( 28 ) being sufficient to permit the probe ( 12 ) to reversibly pass through the passage ( 28 ) upon attachment of the flange ( 22 ) to the outside surface ( 16 ) of the aircraft; and a flexible envelope ( 24 ) that attaches to the flange, a first portion of the flexible envelope configured to fit snugly to the flange and a second portion of the flexible envelope configured to enclose the probe within an interior of the flexible envelope for protection of the probe.