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Patent Inventor Names
David B. Tuckerman0
Roderick A. Hyde0
Thomas A. Weaver0
William D. Duncan0
Jordin T. Kare0
Lowell L. Wood, Jr.0
Muriel Y. Ishikawa0
Peter L. Hagelstein0
Date of Patent
December 6, 2016
0Patent Application Number
138022420
Date Filed
March 13, 2013
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A deicing method includes the steps of determining a necessary quantity of heat to substantially vaporize an interfacial layer between a solid surface and a layer of ice and applying pulsed heating at the interfacial layer. The pulsed heating is applied with the determined necessary quantity of heat to substantially vaporize the interfacial layer.
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