Fluid pipe connection
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsSamuel Phillips, Ralf Becks
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Abstract
A fluid pipe connection is disclosed having an inner pipe assembly including a first inner pipe section and a second inner pipe section, and an inner joint between the first inner pipe section and second inner pipe section; an outer pipe assembly having a first outer pipe section, a second outer pipe section, a shroud covering the inner joint and mechanically connecting the first outer pipe section to the second outer pipe section via a mechanical connection, and a hatch fastened to the shroud by one or more fasteners and covering a hole in the shroud, wherein the hatch is moveable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the inner joint through the hole.
Claims20
A fluid pipe connection, comprising:
- an inner pipe assembly comprising a first inner pipe section and a second inner pipe section, and an inner joint between the first inner pipe section and second inner pipe section;
- an outer pipe assembly comprising a first outer pipe section and a second outer pipe section;
- a shroud containing the inner joint, wherein the shroud includes a recess therewithin, wherein the recess forms a contact area between the inner joint and the shroud that supports an end of the first inner pipe section and an end of the second inner pipe section and wherein the shroud mechanically connects the first outer pipe section to the second outer pipe section via a mechanical connection,
- a hatch fastened to the shroud by one or more fasteners and covering a hole in the shroud,
- wherein the hatch is moveable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the inner joint through the hole, and
- wherein a connection between the second outer pipe section to the shroud is offset from the inner joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.