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US 12,606,315 B2Granted
Aircraft
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsIkumi Kurihara, Toshiaki Fujii
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Abstract
An aircraft includes a cabin in which an occupant rides, and a driving source driven by using fuel supplied thereto, the aircraft further including a tank unit which is disposed between the cabin and the driving source and in which a plurality of fuel tanks for storing the fuel are stacked.
Claims12
An aircraft comprising:
- a front compartment which is a cabin in which an occupant rides;
- a rear compartment in which a driving source configured to be driven by using fuel supplied thereto is provided;
- and
- a tank unit which includes a plurality of fuel tanks arranged in a front-rear direction and each configured to store the fuel and which separates the front compartment and the rear compartment,
- wherein the plurality of fuel tanks are independent from each other in a manner so that fuel in each of the plurality of fuel tanks cannot be transferred to another fuel tank.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a front compartment which is a cabin;
- a rear compartment in which a driving source configured to be driven by using fuel supplied thereto is provided;
- and
- a tank unit which includes a plurality of fuel tanks arranged in a front-rear direction and each configured to store the fuel and which separates the front compartment and the rear compartment,
- wherein the plurality of fuel tanks are independent from each other in a manner so that fuel in each of the plurality of fuel tanks cannot be transferred to another fuel tank.
2 more elements
An aircraft comprising:
- a front compartment which is a cabin in which an occupant rides;
- a rear compartment in which a driving source configured to be driven by using fuel supplied thereto is provided;
- a tank unit which includes a plurality of fuel tanks arranged in a front-rear direction and each configured to store the fuel and which separates the front compartment and the rear compartment;
- and
- a plurality of valves provided corresponding to the plurality of fuel tanks, respectively, and placed between the corresponding fuel tank and the driving source,
- wherein in a case where one of the plurality of valves is opened, at least one of the remaining valves is closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.