Aircraft fuel tank
AssigneesMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies
InventorsHiroaki Yamaguchi, Yuichiro Kamino, Tooru Hashigami, Kazuyuki Oguri, Koichi Nakamura
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AssigneesMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies
InventorsHiroaki Yamaguchi, Yuichiro Kamino, Tooru Hashigami, Kazuyuki Oguri, Koichi Nakamura
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An aircraft fuel tank capable of suppressing electrostatic charging caused, for example, by flow electrification with the fuel. The aircraft fuel tank comprises an upper skin (5) and a lower skin (7) that exhibit conductivity and form a portion of a container for storing fuel, an internal structure (19) formed from a metal, and an inner surface layer (15) which has semiconductor properties or insulating properties and is formed in an integral manner on the inner surfaces of the upper skin (5) and the lower skin (7) in a location where the internal structure (19) contacts the upper skin (5) and the lower skin (7), and in the surrounding portion thereof, wherein the inner surface layer (15) is formed, at least in the surrounding portion, from a material having semiconductor properties.
An aircraft fuel tank, comprising:
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