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US 11,391,754 B1Granted
Aircraft static port leech
OwnerBrent Duncan Gilday, Van Jean Sinnottinventors
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Abstract
This application relates to an aircraft static port testing device in which a static leech may fixed to the static port of an aircraft. The static leech may be held in place by a suction cup surrounding the static port and the static port may be connected to an aircraft air data testing unit through a static port fitting. Vacuum may be created in the suction cup through a vacuum syringe or a vacuum pump.
Claims6
A static port testing device comprising:
- a static port adapter comprising a suction cup having a single conical wall and a static port fitting to seal a static port and couple said static port to an airtight conduit, wherein said static port fitting is enclosed inside said suction cup at a center of said suction cup, wherein negative pressure inside said suction cup can force said static port filling against said static port while sealing said airtight conduit from a surrounding portion of said suction cup and supporting said static port testing device on an aircraft, and wherein said static port adapter further comprises a vacuum conduit connecting said suction cup to a vacuum device to create partial vacuum inside said suction cup;
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- a pneumatic connector to connect said airtight conduit to an air data tester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.