Patent 10436649 was granted and assigned to Honeywell on October, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Embodiments of icing resistant total temperature probes with integrated ejectors are provided. One air data probe comprises: a base; a body having a leading and trailing edges: a first passage defining a first annulus; a temperature sensor within the first passage; a heat shield defining an exterior wall of at least part of the first passage, wherein the sensor is positioned within the shield; a second passage comprising a second annulus defined by a space between the shield and the body; an intake port having an intake aperture that opens to the first and second passages; a separate heated airflow passage, the heated airflow passage having an air input port configured to couple to an air supply source and following a path within the probe body; an integrated air ejector coupled to heated airflow passage to motivate air into the intake aperture and through the first and second air passages.