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US 12,760,827 B2Granted
Aircraft connector for fluid transfer
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorHenry Edwards
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Abstract
An aircraft having a port over which a first connector is mounted for connecting to a second connector to transfer fluid to and/or from the aircraft is disclosed. The first connector includes a first fluid path extending from the port towards an aircraft fluid tank and a second, different, fluid path which extends from the port towards an aircraft fluid tank.
Claims18
An aircraft, comprising:
- a port over which a first connector is mounted for connecting to a second, complementary connector to transfer fluid to and/or from the aircraft,
- wherein the port is an opening in a side of the aircraft,
- wherein the first connector including a first fluid path extending from the port towards an aircraft fluid tank and a second, different, fluid path extending from the port towards an aircraft fluid tank,
- a first aircraft fluid tank,
- a second aircraft fluid tank,
- wherein the first fluid path extends to the first aircraft fluid tank and the second fluid path extends to the second aircraft fluid tank, and,
- wherein the first fluid path is concentric with the second fluid path.
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A method of transferring fluids to and/or from an aircraft, comprising:
- providing an aircraft having a port over which is mounted a first connector, the first connector connected to a second connector to form a connection, the first connector including a first fluid path extending from the port towards an aircraft fluid tank and a second, different, fluid path extending from the port towards an aircraft fluid tank;
- wherein the port is an opening in a side of the aircraft;
- transferring a first fluid through the first fluid path to transfer the first fluid to or from the aircraft;
- transferring a second fluid through the second fluid path to transfer the second fluid to or from the aircraft;
- a first aircraft fluid tank;
- a second aircraft fluid tank;
- wherein the first fluid path extends to the first aircraft fluid tank and the second fluid path extends to the second aircraft fluid tank;
- and,
- wherein the first fluid path is concentric with the second fluid path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.