Multi-directional baffles for aircraft fuel tanks
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsErnst Wolfgang Stautner, Lokaditya Ryali, Dhanushkodi Durai Mariappan
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Abstract
Example systems and methods for using multi-directional baffles in cryogenic fuel tanks are provided. An example cryogenic fuel tank comprises an inner surface defining an interior of the cryogenic fuel tank to hold a fuel and a plurality of baffles including a first baffle, the first baffle including a first member extending along a first plane and a second member extending along a second plane, the first plane different from the second plane, the second member connected to the first member, the plurality of baffles connected to the inner surface.
Claims20
A system of baffles comprising:
- a first baffle, the first baffle including:
- a first member to dampen fuel movement in at least a first direction;
- and
- a second member to dampen fuel movement in at least a second direction;
- and
- a second baffle, the second baffle including a third member to dampen fuel movement in at least a first direction, the second baffle being circumferentially offset and axially spaced from the first baffle.
A cryogenic fuel tank including a system of baffles, the system of baffles comprising:
- a first baffle, the first baffle including:
- a first member to dampen fuel movement in at least a first direction;
- and
- a second member to dampen fuel movement in at least a second direction;
- and
- a second baffle, the second baffle including a third member to dampen fuel movement in at least a first direction, the second baffle being circumferentially offset and axially spaced from the first baffle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.