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US 2025/0067399 A1Published application
Fuel tank with internal springs
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsJoseph Dean Rainville, Phalgun Madhusudan
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Abstract
A fuel tank has an outer shell, a media guide disposed within the space at least partially defined by the outer shell, the media guide being configured to receive a media within cells of the media guide. The fuel tank further has a spring space disposed between the media guide and the outer shell and a compressible spring disposed within the spring space and connected between the outer shell and the media guide.
Claims17
A fuel tank, comprising:
- an outer shell;
- a media guide disposed within the space at least partially defined by the outer shell, the media guide being configured to receive a media within cells of the media guide;
- a spring space disposed between the media guide and the outer shell;
- and
- a compressible spring disposed within the spring space and connected between the outer shell and the media guide.
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The fuel tank of claim, wherein the spring comprises a corrugated shape.
A method of operating a fuel tank system, comprising:
- providing a fuel tank comprising an outer shell;
- disposing a media guide within the space at least partially defined by the outer shell;
- providing a spring space between the outer shell and the media guide;
- and
- disposing a spring within the spring space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.