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US 12,636,948 B1Granted
Tear resistant fuel cells for aircraft
AssigneeResponse Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Allen Pettey, Edmund Francis Bard
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Abstract
A fuel cell for an aircraft includes a textile substrate having a plurality of unidirectional textile plies that are bonded together. An outer shell layer is positioned exteriorly of the textile substrate. The plurality of unidirectional textile plies includes first and second ripstop plies each having a yarn coupled thereto in a ripstop pattern. The ripstop pattern of the first ripstop ply has an off-axis orientation relative to the ripstop pattern of the second ripstop ply.
Claims20
A fuel cell for an aircraft, the fuel cell comprising:
- a textile substrate having a plurality of unidirectional textile plies that are bonded together;
- and
- an outer shell layer positioned exteriorly of the textile substrate;
- wherein the plurality of unidirectional textile plies includes first and second ripstop plies each having a yarn coupled thereto in a ripstop pattern;
- and
- wherein the ripstop pattern of the first ripstop ply has an off-axis orientation relative to the ripstop pattern of the second ripstop ply.
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An aircraft comprising:
- an airframe;
- and
- a fuel cell coupled to the airframe, the fuel cell comprising:
- a textile substrate having a plurality of unidirectional textile plies that are bonded together;
- and
- an outer shell layer positioned exteriorly of the textile substrate;
- wherein, the plurality of unidirectional textile plies includes first and second ripstop plies each having a yarn coupled thereto in a ripstop pattern;
- and
- wherein, the ripstop pattern of the first ripstop ply has an off-axis orientation relative to the ripstop pattern of the second ripstop ply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.