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US 2024/0401749 A1Published application
Cryogenic tank with access opening, and aircraft equipped therewith
OwnerCarsten PUSCHMANNinventor
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Abstract
A cryogenic tank for an aircraft providing a tank access for maintenance and repairing services of equipment inside the tank onboard of the aircraft. An access opening is closed by a removable closure including a multiple wall panel which is vacuum insulated and which is configured and fitted to the multiple tank wall in a manner that the heat ingress into the cryogenic tank is minimized and that no vacuum is impacted by opening and closing the removable closure.
Claims19
A cryogenic tank comprising:
- a multiple tank wall,
- an access opening in the multiple tank wall allowing access to an interior of the cryogenic tank for at least one of maintenance, repair or replacement services, and
- a removable closure for closing the access opening,
- wherein the multiple tank wall includes an inner tank wall skin, an outer tank wall skin and a tank wall vacuum insulation space between the inner tank wall skin and the outer tank wall skin, and
- wherein the closure comprises a multiple wall panel that includes an outer panel wall, an inner panel wall and a panel vacuum insulation space between the outer panel wall and the inner panel wall.
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