Fluid supply over range of gravitational conditions
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorJinQuan Xu
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system comprising: a tank that stores a fluid, and a conduit that includes a first end and a second end, where the conduit is configured to convey at least a portion of the fluid stored in the tank from the second end of the conduit to the first end of the conduit, where a first end region of the conduit coinciding with the second end of the conduit has a first end region density and the fluid has a fluid density, where the first end region density is greater than or equal to the fluid density such that the first end region of the conduit remains immersed in the fluid stored in the tank when the fluid in the tank is under negative gravity conditions.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a tank that stores a fluid;
- and
- a conduit that includes a first end and a second end,
- wherein the conduit is configured to convey at least a portion of the fluid stored in the tank from the second end of the conduit to the first end of the conduit,
- wherein a first end region of the conduit coinciding with the second end of the conduit has a first end region density and the fluid has a fluid density,
- wherein the first end region density is greater than or equal to the fluid density such that the first end region of the conduit remains immersed in the fluid stored in the tank when the fluid in the tank is under negative gravity conditions.
A system comprising:
- a tank that stores a fluid and includes a tank outlet;
- and
- a fluid conduit that includes a conduit inlet at a distal end of the fluid conduit and a conduit outlet at a proximate end of the fluid conduit, wherein the conduit outlet is located at or proximate the tank outlet, and wherein the conduit inlet is immersed in the fluid within the tank and the fluid conduit provides fluid flow from the conduit inlet to the conduit outlet;
- wherein a first end region of the fluid conduit that extends towards the distal end has a first end region density, wherein the first end region density is greater than or equal to a fluid density of the fluid such that the conduit inlet remains immersed in the fluid stored in the tank when the fluid in the tank is under negative gravity conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.