Patent ID: 8540185

Claim:
An air inlet of a turbojet pod, comprising: an inlet lip made up of at least two identical circumferentially extending sections, each of the identical sections having at least one electric heating element for de-icing; and a downstream structure having a front face and at least two structural elements fixed to the front face and extending in an upstream direction; wherein, the downstream structure further comprises at least one power supply connector mounted on the front face on either side of the structural elements; wherein, the at least two identical sections are attached to the downstream structure and are butted together end-to-end along a periphery of the air inlet pod, such that the respective abutting ends of the identical sections form a joint at the location of each of the structural elements; wherein, each electric heating element further comprises at least one electrical connector which is configured to connect to the at least one corresponding power supply connector of the downstream structure.