Fuel cells for aircraft having extensible fitting regions
AssigneeResponse Technologies, LLC
InventorDavid Allen Pettey
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Abstract
A fuel cell for an aircraft includes a textile support substrate having one or more textile extensible fitting regions and an outer surface. A shell layer is conformed to the outer surface of the textile support substrate to form the fuel cell. The shell layer has one or more shell extensible fitting regions adjacent to the one or more textile extensible fitting regions. The one or more textile extensible fitting regions and the one or more shell extensible fitting regions form one or more fuel cell extensible fitting regions each of which is configured for extensible motion.
Claims20
A fuel cell for an aircraft, the fuel cell comprising:
- a textile support substrate having one or more textile extensible fitting regions and an outer surface;
- and
- a shell layer conforming to the outer surface of the textile support substrate to form the fuel cell, the shell layer having one or more shell extensible fitting regions adjacent to the one or more textile extensible fitting regions;
- wherein, the one or more textile extensible fitting regions and the one or more shell extensible fitting regions form one or more fuel cell extensible fitting regions each configured for extensible motion.
An aircraft comprising:
- an airframe forming a fuel cell compartment;
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- a fuel cell disposed inside the fuel cell compartment, the fuel cell comprising:
- a textile support substrate having one or more textile extensible fitting regions and an outer surface;
- and
- a shell layer conforming to the outer surface of the textile support substrate to form the fuel cell, the shell layer having one or more shell extensible fitting regions adjacent to the one or more textile extensible fitting regions;
- wherein, the one or more textile extensible fitting regions and the one or more shell extensible fitting regions form one or more fuel cell extensible fitting regions each configured for extensible motion.
A method of manufacturing a fuel cell for an aircraft, the method comprising:
- providing a fuel cell mold having one or more extensible fitting protrusions;
- applying a textile support substrate on the fuel cell mold and forming one or more textile extensible fitting regions on the one or more extensible fitting protrusions;
- applying a shell layer on the textile support substrate and forming one or more shell extensible fitting regions on the one or more textile extensible fitting regions;
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- removing the fuel cell mold to form the fuel cell, the one or more textile extensible fitting regions and the one or more shell extensible fitting regions forming one or more fuel cell extensible fitting regions each configured for extensible motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.